Mátyás was born on January 19th, 1811. Mátyás' father was Mátyás Thirring and his mother was Teréz Fleischhacker. His paternal grandparents were Mátyás Thirring and Zsófia Eckel. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Lajos, Károly, Nándor, Teréz and Katalin. He was the second oldest of the six children. He died at 7 months old on September 13th, 1811.