Lillian S Byron Photo: VÍÆ III
Lillian Sigríður Byron was born in Lundar on January 14, 1929.
Spouse: May 26, 1951 Jónas Aylwin Melan b. September 11, 1927 in New Iceland.
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.
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. 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 in Huntington, British Columbia, where they lived.