József Körtvélyesy

József was born in March 1937 in Szabadka and his baptism took place there on March 13th, 1837.¹   József's father was János Körtvélyesy and his mother was Veronika Osgyányi.  His paternal grandparents were Antal Körtvélyesi and Katalin Varga. He had two brothers and five sisters, named Sándor, Győző, Erzsébet, Katalin, Éva, Anna and Viktória.  He was the youngest of the eight children.