It was founded by Jow Lung who was born in 1891, on the eleventh day of the third lunar month (April 16, 1891) in Sa Fu Village of the Canton Province, and died in 1919.
Born Lu Li Cheng, reared in Canton Province, Communist China.
Historically, it was located in the Sin On District of the Canton Province of South China.
Mrs. Chin has since moved back to Canton Province.
Coins were not issued for use in Macau until 1952, with the 20 cent coin of Canton Province circulating.
In 1943, he left Canton Province as a merchant seaman on an oil tanker.
He traveled with the explorer David Thompson over the Rocky Mountains and voyaged to Canton Province, China in the service of the HBC.
Howe was born Wong Tung Jim in Taishan, Canton Province (now Guangdong), China in 1899.
Thomas L. Fong was born in Canton Province, China on January 4, 1913 and grew up in a small village.
Portuguese fishermen from the Azores also settled in the area, as did immigrants from Canton Province in China, who built a Taoist temple in the town.