 Their father was killed in the Battle of Ytororó in December 1868, after which the family moved to Corrientes, Argentina.From there they moved on to Buenos Aires, where the two girls began their schooling.In 1882, mother and daughters moved again, settling in Concepción del Uruguay in eastern Argentina, where Delores worked at the normal school, Escuela Normal de Maestros y Profesores "Mariano Moreno" ( Mariano Moreno Normal School of Teachers and Professors) and Adela began training to become a teacher.