Wlie Kan was a son of Salomon Kan and Jansje de Hartogh. He married 7 March 1934 in Amsterdam to Esther Buitenkant, daughter of Barend Buitenkant and Rebecca Haag. His wife and daughter have survived the Holocaust.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Elie Kan and Esther Buitenkant.
According to a list with shops of Jewish owners, compiled by the Amsterdam police in 1940, Elie Kan's wife had a chocolate shop, address: Van Woustraat 241 in Amsterdam.
Abstracts of the police archives which are currently at the Amsterdam municipal archives