 He married a girl from Aragón and possibly lived for some time in Catalonia, as their son and José's father, Francisco Sánchez Asso (1831-1904), was born in Sant Feliú de Guixols in the province of Gerona.Francisco settled in Tudela, where he practiced as lawyer and served as mayor.At unspecified time he married María Antonia Marco Rodrigo, a native of Bello (Teruel province) and member of a well known Aragonese family.