Gábor was born in March 1824 in Sitke and his baptism took place there on March 19th, 1824.1 Gábor's father was Pál Nagy and his mother was Julianna Noszlopi. He had five brothers and two sisters, named Lajos, Károly, József, Pál, Dániel, Zsuzsanna and Ágnes. He was the third youngest of the eight children.