Izabella was born in 1857. Izabella's father was Mátyás Ujváry and her mother was Irma Kováts. Her paternal grandparents were Magdolna Ujváry and Antal Balanik. She had two brothers and four sisters, named Sándor, Imre, Irma, Ágnes, Ilka and Erzsébet. She was the third youngest of the seven children. She died at the age of 34 in 1891.