József was born in March 1816 in Sitke and his baptism took place there on March 16th, 1816.1 József's father was Pál Nagy and his mother was Julianna Noszlopi. He had five brothers and two sisters, named Lajos, Károly, Gábor, Pál, Dániel, Zsuzsanna and Ágnes. He was the third oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 12 on January 15th, 1829 in Kissitke. The funeral took place in Sitke.2