When Ernest John Revoldt was born on 26 August 1894, in Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, his father, Johann Jürgen Heinrich Rewold, was 33 and his mother, Sophia Maria Johanna Thielk, was 33. He married Elsie B Radelt on 24 October 1923, in Lapeer, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Burton, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1988. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 4 February 1988, in Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.