Jónas A Melan Photo: VÍÆ III
Jónas Aylwin Melan was born on September 11, 1927 in New Iceland.
Spouse: May 26, 1951 Lillian Sigríður Byron b. in Lundar on January 14, 1929.
Children: 1. Eyjólfur b. April 24, 1952 2. Kári Alexander b. October 28, 1953 3. Jónas Harold b. January 12, 1955 4. Claire Olafia b. October 24, 1958.
Jónas was the son of Rev. Eyjólfur Jónsson, a pastor in New Iceland, and his wife Ólafía Jónína Jónsdóttir Jónasson, a merchant in Gimli. Jónas studied at the University of Manitoba but then became a carpenter and worked at it in Huntington, British Columbia. Lillian was the daughter of Kári Stefánsson and Anna Mýrdal in Lundar. There she completed her primary education, went to Winnipeg for postgraduate studies and completed a B. Sc. degree in Home Economics at the University of Manitoba. Then she took up teaching, teaching for six years in Abbotsford, British Columbia.