József Körtvélyesi

József was born in April 1808 in Vál, Fehér vm and his baptism took place there on April 17th, 1808.¹   József's father was József Körtvélyesi and his mother was Erzsébet Kiss.  His paternal grandparents were József Körtvélyesi and Erzsébet Buvári. He had two brothers and eight sisters, named János, János, Erzsébet, Katalin, Éva, Anna, Teréz, Julianna, Rozália and Katalin.  He was the fourth oldest of the eleven children.