Mária Körtvélyesi

Mária was born in September 1877 in Szenttornya Békés vm and her baptism took place on September 16th, 1877 in Orosháza.¹   Mária's father was Ágoston Körtvélyesi and her mother was Veronika Takács.  Her paternal grandparents were Ferenc Körtvélyesi and Katalin Kiss. She had three brothers and two sisters, named László/Lajos, Imre, István, Rozália and Veronika.  She was the youngest of the six children. She had four half-brothers and five half-sisters, and also a half-sibling of unknown gender, named Ágoston, Antal, János, József, Mária, Anna, Borbála, Veronika, Julianna and Körtvélyesi.