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==Marriage and family==
==Marriage and family==


She married Harrill Bjornson (1933-) on 24 November 1958)
She married Harrill Bjornson (1933-) on 24 November 1958.  Her husband was a former reporter and editor at the Vancouver Sun.  He was born in Iceland:
 
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|text=The aphorism is: “Every man likes the smell of his own farts.”  I first heard it long ago from Harrill Bjornson, former reporter and editor at The Sun. Harrill’s family hails from Iceland, and he maintained, I think with some pride, that the aphorism was an old Icelandic saying
|author=Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun [http://www.vancouversun.com/Pete+McMartin+really+just+natural+odeur+things/8529029/story.html]
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==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 17:48, 24 August 2019

Lillias Bjornson (nee Heylar) (born 1937) is a Vancouver resident.

Early life

She is the daughter of Flora Heylar and Charles Heylar and grandaughter of Alex Currie.

Marriage and family

She married Harrill Bjornson (1933-) on 24 November 1958. Her husband was a former reporter and editor at the Vancouver Sun. He was born in Iceland:

The aphorism is: “Every man likes the smell of his own farts.” I first heard it long ago from Harrill Bjornson, former reporter and editor at The Sun. Harrill’s family hails from Iceland, and he maintained, I think with some pride, that the aphorism was an old Icelandic saying

— Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun [1]

Sources

Ron Currie

Marilyn Hermiston