When Charles Michelstetter was born on 26 August 1880, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, James Michelstetter, was 30 and his mother, Jennie Ryan Houghton, was 25. He married Anna Celakowsky on 26 July 1905, in Berrien, Michigan, United States. He lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States for about 25 years. He died on 4 June 1949, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 68.