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She married [[Harrill Bjornson]] (1933 - 2022) on 24 November 1958. Her husband was a former reporter and editor at the Vancouver Sun | She married [[Harrill Bjornson]] (1933 - 2022) on 24 November 1958. Her husband was a former reporter and editor at the Vancouver Sun, and was born in Iceland. | ||
It is possible somehow this Icelandic connection came from Charles Helyar's second wife Ann Vidal who seems to have had a very extensive family including Icelandic people. Maybe that is where she met him. | It is possible somehow this Icelandic connection came from Charles Helyar's second wife Ann Vidal who seems to have had a very extensive family including Icelandic people. Maybe that is where she met him. | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 31 January 2026
Lillias Bjornson (nee Heylar) (born 1937) is a Vancouver resident.
She was from 2017 to 2018 the treasurer of the Thomas Merton Society of Canada. [1]
In 2021 she stepped down as Trustee and Treasurer of St. Andrew's Church in Vancouver [2].
Early life
Lillias Helyar was born to Flora Helyar and Charles Helyar in 1937; this makes her a grandaughter of Alex Currie.
Lillias might have been named after her father Charles' sister, Lillias Taylor (1911-2012) [3].
She also had a stepmother Ann Vidal who was married to her father from when she was 13 years old, from 1950 to 1993 when her father died.
Presumably she was quite close to Ann and her step-siblings.
Marriage and family
She married Harrill Bjornson (1933 - 2022) on 24 November 1958. Her husband was a former reporter and editor at the Vancouver Sun, and was born in Iceland.
It is possible somehow this Icelandic connection came from Charles Helyar's second wife Ann Vidal who seems to have had a very extensive family including Icelandic people. Maybe that is where she met him.
They had four children:
- Lisa
- Sean
- Kitt
- Lee
Harrill remarried in the 1960s or 1970s and died in 2022 [4]
Sources
Ron Currie
Marilyn Hermiston