When Charles Clay Eytel was born on 1 June 1887, his father, Julius William Eytel, was 27 and his mother, Linnie Frances Johnson, was 21. He married Lily Salina Bayliss on 1 April 1911, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Comox, British Columbia, Canada in 1911 and Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1920. He died on 27 November 1954, at the age of 67.