Between 1891 and 1894 she was married to a Hungarian railway clerk, but the marriage ended abruptly with her escape from the house, first to Sremska Mitrovica and then to Zagreb.
Marija Jurić je rodila v vasi Negovec (del Vrbovec), v premožni družini, kajti njen oče je delal kot delovodja na posestvu barona Raucha.