María Ascensión Ávila (born 1811), daughter of Antonio Ygnacio Ávila and his wife, married Pedro Antonio José Sánchez (born 1806). They had six children together, one of whom was Tomás Ávila Sánchez. After the death of her husband, Ascensión lived with Pío Pico, and had two daughters by him, Griselda and Joaquina.
