István was born on February 21st, 1846 in Kemensmagasi.1 István's father was Sándor Guóth and his mother was Teréz Benkő. His paternal grandparents were Zsigmond Guóth and Erzsébet Boda. He had a sister named Karolin. He was the younger of the two children. He died due to natural causes or old age, tüdőgyulladás, at the age of 94 on May 8th, 1940 in Kemenesmagasi.2