When Jose Isaias Velasquez was born on 19 November 1909, in Abiquiu, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States, his father, Jose Vidal Velasquez, was 38 and his mother, Maria Delfina Salazar, was 31. He lived in Canones, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 September 1954, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.