Ignacia was the daughter of Baltazar Bordallo, a Spanish immigrant to Guam, and Pangelinan from the village of Sumay.
A year later, Ignacia married Chester Butler, a sailor from Fort Worth, Texas.
The two moved to Hagåtña, where they started a dry goods store called Butler's Emporium in 1936.
[1] The business specialized in bringing in goods that were previously not available in Guam, especially soft drinks like Coca-Cola.
[1] Despite Butler's Emporium being destroyed by American bombardments of the island in 1944, family land being seized for use as military installations, and Chester passing away from pancreatic cancer in 1952, Ignacia reconsolidated the business and kept operating it in the post-war years.