János Körtvélyesi

János was born in May 1820 in Vál, Fehér vm and his baptism took place there on May 4th, 1820.¹   János' father was József Körtvélyesi and his mother was Erzsébet Kiss.  His paternal grandparents were József Körtvélyesi and Erzsébet Buvári. He had two brothers and eight sisters, named János, József, Erzsébet, Katalin, Éva, Anna, Teréz, Julianna, Rozália and Katalin.  He was the third youngest of the eleven children.