Born during the War of the Triple Alliance, in which their father was killed, the sisters and their mother became refugees, fleeing to Argentina.

[2] 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.

[1][3] Completing her studies in 1886, Adela initially joined the school's administration workers and later became the chair of their mathematics department.

[1] The Normal School in Asunción was renamed in Adela's honor[1] and in 1960, La Escuela Básica Nº 6722 in her home town, now known as Eusebio Ayala was also named after her.

[7] The government issued a banknote in the denomination of ₲2,000 (two thousand Paraguayan guaraní) which features Adela[1] and Concepción Silva de Airaldi.