A mụrụ Engelbart na Portland, Oregon, na Jenụwarị 30, 1925, nye Carl Louis Engelbart na Gladys Charlotte Amelia Munson Engelbart. Ndị nna nna ya bụ ndị German, Swedish na Norwegian. Ọ bụ n'etiti ụmụ atọ, ya na nwanne nwanyị Dorianne (afọ atọ okenye), na nwanne David (ọnwa iri na anọ na-eto eto). Ezinụlọ ahụ biri na Portland, Oregon, n'afọ ndị mbụ ya, wee kwaga n'ime ime obodo gbara ya gburugburu n'akụkụ Johnson Creek mgbe ọ dị afọ asatọ. Nna ya nwụrụ otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Franklin High School nke Portland na 1942. N'etiti afọ ndị ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Oregon State, na nso njedebe nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, a kpọbatara ya n'ime United States Navy, na-eje ozi afọ abụọ dị ka onye na-ahụ maka teknụzụ radar na Philippines. N'otu obere agwaetiti, n'otu obere ụlọ, ọ gụrụ Vannevar Bush's "As We Think", nke ndị Sweden na ndị Norway.
Carl Louis Engelbart na Gladys Charlotte Amelia Munson Engelbart