He was born on 5 August 1886 in Bogotá, Colombia to José Ruperto Restrepo Montoya and María Teresa Justa Germana Ramona Sáenz Montoya.[1] His paternal grandparents were José Manuel Restrepo Veléz and Mariana Montoya y Zapata, his maternal grandparents were José María Montoya Duque and María Josefa Zapata Ossa.[8] He married Elvira del Corral Castellanos on 18 September 1899[9] and together had five children: Elvira, Ana, Leonor, Eduardo, and María.[10]
^Muñoz Castaño, Alonso (July 2008) [1905]. Aguilar Rodas, Raúl (ed.). "Familias de algunos gobernantes de Antioquia" [Families of some of the leaders of Antioquia]. Repertorio Histórico de la Academia Antioqueña de Historia (in Spanish) (Año 108 No. 18). Medellín: CI Paniberica Ltda: 100–101. ISSN0122-3232. OCLC645107174. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
^Carrizosa Argáez, Enrique (1990) [1983]. Linajes y bibliografías de nuestros gobernantes, 1830-1990 [Lineage and bibliographies of our rulers, 1830-1990]. Colección Quinto centenario del descubrimiento de América (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica. ISBN978-958-9004-07-4. OCLC25187713.