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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. | |||
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Revision as of 14:11, 27 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]
Early life
She is the daughter of Flora Heylar and Charles Heylar and grandaughter of Alex Currie.
Marriage and family
She married Harrill Bjornson (1933-1922) 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, 24 June 2013, Vancouver Sun [2]
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 [3]
Sources
Ron Currie
Marilyn Hermiston