János Körtvélyesy
János was born on March 17th, 1838 in
Vál and his baptism took place on March 17th, 1838 in
Vál, Fehér vm.
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János' father was
József Körtvélyesi and his mother was
Julianna Horváth. His paternal grandparents were
József Körtvélyesi and
Erzsébet Kiss. He had four brothers and four sisters, named
József,
Mihály,
László,
István,
Erzsébet,
Anna,
Róza and
Katalin. He was the third oldest of the nine children. He had a half-brother named
György.