Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Szokolyi i te 9 o Hune 1871 i Rónicz, Kingi o Hungary (i tenei ra ko Hronec, Slovakia) hei tamaiti tuatahi a József Szokoly, he kaipūkaha me Emília Holub. I te 3 o ona tau, i whakamanahia ia e ona matua tapu, ko Alajos Schőnn, he toa o te
Ko te Huringa Hungarian o 1848 me Amália Szokoly, tuahine o te papa o Alajos. I haere a Szokolyi ki te kura paerewa i Ipolyság (Šahy), i muri mai ka mutu tana kura tuarua i Selmecbánya (Banská Štiavnica) me Léva (Levice). I eke ia ki tana taranata i te kura tuarua, i whakaingoatia hei "kaiwhakataetae pai rawa atu o te kura" i a ia i te reanga tuawha. I whakawhiwhia ano ia ki nga whakataetae whakapakari tinana i te mutunga o te tau kura. I te tau 1887 ka neke atu a Szokolyi me tona whanau mai i Ipolytus ki to ratau whare hou i Bernece, kei te taha ke o te awa o Ipoly. E rua tau i muri mai ka whakauruhia ia ki te whare wananga hauora i Budapest.