Erzsébet was born in September 1870 in Vál and her baptism took place there on September 15th, 1870.1 Erzsébet's father was György Körtvélyesi and her mother was Anna Veszeli. Her paternal grandparents were Ferenc Körtvélyesi and Katalin Csimtsa. She had three brothers and three sisters, named Gyula, György, Lajos, Mária, Anna and Zsófia. She was the second oldest of the seven children. She died at the age of 74 on February 11th, 1945 in Vál.2