Salomon Chelem was a son of Itzik Chelem and Hanna Behr. He married 9 June 1938 in Amsterdam to Cato Goudeket, daughter of Benjamin Goudeket and Reintje van Amerongen. The couple had one son: Iwan Siegfried.
Salomon's siblings were Sila, Lea, Suzanna, survivor of the Holocaust who was married to Meijer Denneboom, Gaye and Fride
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Salomon Chelem, Cato Goud…