 Josefa was the wife of Fulgencio Yegros, one of the military officers who fought for Paraguayan independence and first head of state of an independent Paraguay, and daughter of José Tomás Speratti, who had immigrated from Bergamo, Italy to Paraguay before his daughter's birth.Both Adela and Celsa were born during the War Of The Triple Alliance, in which their father served as a soldier and which caused their mother to become a refugee.Fleeing the violence, Delores moved from place to place until the war ended in 1870.