Flor Silvestre was born Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla on 16 August 1930 in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico.[1] She was the third child and second daughter of Jesús Jiménez Cervantes, a butcher,[12] and María de Jesús Chabolla Peña (1906 – 5 September 1993).[13] Her father owned and ran a meat shop in Salamanca.[12] Her older siblings are Francisco "Pancho" and Raquel, and her younger siblings are Enriqueta "La Prieta Linda", José Luis, María de la Luz "Mary", and Arturo. Enriqueta and María de la Luz also became singers. Her maternal grandparents were Felipe Chabolla and Inés Peña.[13]