József was born in July 1880 in Devecser Veszprém vm and his baptism took place there on July 17th, 1880.1 József's father was Pál Asbóth and his mother was Julianna Tóth. He had three brothers and a sister, named Pál, Ferenc, István and Anna. He was the youngest of the five children. He had two half-brothers named István and János.