Borbála was born in November 1836 in Besenyő Heves vm and her baptism took place there on November 5th, 1836.1 Borbála's father was József Körtvélyesy and her mother was Petra Szabó. Her paternal grandparents were Pál Körtvélyesi and Magda Ehrlich. She had a brother and two sisters, named Pál, Anna and Mária. She was the oldest of the four children.