When Nicanor Teuquil Miranda was born on 22 March 1923, in Calbuco, Llanquihue, Chile, his father, Juan Antonio Teuquil Villarroel, was 41 and his mother, Abelina Miranda, was 34. He married Maria Zaida Asencio Barria in Calbuco, Llanquihue, Chile. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 7 October 2014, in Llanquihue, Chile, at the age of 91, and was buried in Llanquihue, Chile.