Jón Hávarðarson was born in S. Múlasýsla on October 29, 1885. He died on March 12, 1975. He took the last name Howardson in the west.
Spouse: 1905 María Bjarnadóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1887, d. in the Siglunes settlement in Manitoba on October 9, 1923.
Children: 1. Hávarður Helgi b. 1907 2. Una b. 1910 3. Bjarni Óskar b. 1912 4. Matthildur b. 1913 5. Jón (John) b. 1915 6. Margareth (Diddy) b. 1919, d. 1976 7. Guðmundur (Jim) b. 1921, d. 1981 8. María b. September 7, 1923, d. 1959. All were born in the Siglunes settlement in Manitoba.
Jón was the son of Hávarður Guðmundsson and Helga Jónsdóttir who came west to Manitoba from Kirkjuból in S. Múlasýsla in 1888. María was the daughter of Bjarni Torfason and Katrín Gissurardóttir, who came west to Manitoba in 1892 from Fjarðaröldi in N. Múlasýsla.