János Thorma was born in Kiskunhalas on 24, April, 1870. His gentry family lost all their lands which caused them to lead their lives as a civic family. The children of the Thorma family were raised in the spirit of the Revolution of 1848 which meant loyalty to their country. When Thorma was taken to the school of the Minorites in Nagybánya the stories he had heard in his childhood turned real historic knowledge.