Mária was born on November 30th, 1888. Mária's father was Novák Károly and her mother was Czettmayer Franciska. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Károly, Ferike, Franciska and Klára. She was the third oldest of the five children. She had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named György, László, Körimama and Teréz. She died at 2 months old on February 4th, 1889.