Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An haifi Engelbart a Portland, Oregon, a ranar 30 ga Janairu, 1925, zuwa Carl Louis Engelbart da Gladys Charlotte Amelia Munson Engelbart. Kakanninsa na asalin Jamusawa ne, na Yaren mutanen Sweden da na Yaren mutanen Norway. Shi ne na tsakiya na 'ya'ya uku, tare da' yar'uwa Dorianne (shekaru uku da haihuwa), da ɗan'uwa David (ƙananan watanni 14). Iyalin sun zauna a Portland, Oregon, a farkon shekarunsa, kuma sun koma ƙauyen da ke kusa da Johnson Creek lokacin da yake shekara 8. Mahaifinsa ya mutu bayan shekara guda. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandaren Franklin ta Portland a shekarar 1942. A tsakiyar shekarun karatun sa a Jami'ar Jihar Oregon, kusa da karshen yakin duniya na biyu, an dauke shi cikin Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka, inda ya yi aiki na shekaru biyu a matsayin mai fasahar radar a Philippines. A wani ƙaramin tsibiri, a cikin wani ɗan ƙaramin gida, ya karanta talifin Vannevar Bush mai jigo "As We May Think", wanda ya motsa shi sosai. Ya koma Jihar Oregon kuma ya kammala digirinsa na farko a aikin injiniya a shekarar 1948. Duk da yake a Jihar Oregon, ya kasance memba na Sigma Phi Epsilon zamantakewa fraternity. Kwamitin Ba da Shawara na Kasa don Jirgin Sama a Cibiyar Bincike ta Ames, inda ya yi aiki a aikin kula da ramin iska. A lokacinsa na hutu yana jin daɗin yin yawo, yin zango, da kuma rawa. A can ne ya sadu da Ballard Fish (Agusta 18, 1928 - Yuni 18, 1997), wanda ke kammala karatunta don zama mai ilimin kwantar da hankali. Sun yi aure a Portola State Park a ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1951. Ba da daɗewa ba, Engelbart ya bar Ames don ci gaba da karatun digiri a Jami'ar California, Berkeley. A can, ya sami MS a cikin injiniyan lantarki a 1953 da Ph.D. a cikin horo a 1955.  Tambaya: Su wanene iyayen Engelbart?
Carl Louis Engelbart da kuma Gladys Charlotte Amelia Munson Engelbart