Mária was born on January 6th, 1850 in Rimaszécs.1 Mária's father was István Körtvély and her mother was Teréz Sarlay. She had two brothers and a sister, named István, Gergely and Mária. She was the oldest of the four children. She died at 4 months old on May 31st, 1850 in Rimaszécs.2