Carel Engelander was a son of Henri Engelander and Rebecca de Jong. He married in Amsterdam on 10 August 1922 to Heintje Verdoner, daughter of Benedictus Verdoner and Kaatje Wagenaar. They had three children: Izaak, who died as a baby, Benedictus and Henri.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Carel Engelander.