Mária was born in March 1849 in Vál, Fehér vm and her baptism took place there on March 2nd, 1849.1 Mária's father was János Körtélesi and her mother was Katalin Szabó. She had two sisters named Teréz and Teréz. She was the oldest of the three children. She died at the age of 67 on November 29th, 1916 in Vál.2