János was born on July 2nd, 1872. János' father was János Czikollay and his mother was Ilona Hamar. His paternal grandparents were Ignác Czikollai and Julia Kováts. He had three brothers and a sister, named Ferenc, István, Mihály and Mária. He was the second youngest of the five children. He died at the age of 77 on March 25th, 1950. He was buried in Szigetbecse.11