Date of birth : 1831
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1909
Jón Jafetsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1831. He took the last name Reinholt in the west.
Spouse: Elína Sigurðardóttir b. 1846 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Sigurjóna. They also lost a daughter around 1900.
Jón travelled to Copenhagen as a young man and learned carpentry. He likely emigrated west in the period 1874-1875. They first lived in Ontario and then moved on to the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota.