When Manuel Jesus Herrera Ortega was born on 6 June 1912, in Cautín, Chile, his father, Ismael Herrera, was 22 and his mother, Rosa Ortega, was 20. He married Herminda Del Carmen Cerda Andrade in 1936, in Pinto, Diguillín, Chile. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 29 May 1951, in Chillán, Ñuble, Chile, at the age of 38.