Please help translate or help me find my family

[lchaw123]

This man left China and settled in Nicaragua.  I am hoping to find living relatives.  Any suggestions or advice?

[Henry]

lchaw,

Basically, this person has the Zhou [ 周 ]surname and came from JiuXiang Town:

JiuXiang Zhen (town) 九江镇
Nan Hai (district) 南海区
Foshan (city) 佛山市
Guangdong province 广东省
China 中国

If you have additional information about the name of the specific ancestral village, you may be able to find the village genealogy book that may contain this person's name and the family lineage. The Chinese characters on his gravestone probably has that information.

If you do not have any of that information - my suggestion would be to contact Nanhai Foreign Affairs and Overseas Affairs Bureau, and provide them with your information. Since JiuXiang Town is not a very large town, there may be just a couple of Zhou villages that need to be checked by this office. The government office does not charge a fee to find this information for you.

Nanhai Foreign Affairs and Overseas Affairs Bureau
Address: No. 3, Nanxin 1st Road, Guicheng District
Tel: [phone] (switchboard) 86332223
Fax: [phone]
Postal code: 528200

Web address: nhfoa.nanhai.gov.cn
Email: [e-mail]

Secretary: Ding Xingmei
Deputy Director: Tian Bin
Deputy Director: You Haining

Here are maps below to give you a general idea where JiuXiang Town is located:

Henry

[fonny]

Hi, Henry is right that Zhou [ 周 ] is the surname

Below is the translation :

Certification of Registration(華僑登記證)

1.Name(姓名) Camilo Chow(周璧長Zhou Bi Zhang) 2. Sex(姓別) Male(男)

3. Age(年歲) 39(三十九) 2.Native Province:Kwangtung(廣東Guangdong南海Nanhai)

5. Place of Birth:Kui Kiang, Nanhae(南海九江市Nanhai Jiujiang town)

7. Profession(職業)Merchant (商 Business)

8. Establishment: Camilo Chow( 周璧商店Zhou Bi Store)

9. Date of arrival: 1913(一千九百三十一年)

10. Name of wife: (西婦 Western Woman)

11. Name of Children & their sex(子女) (女 Daughter), Nieu Yin,Tsui Yin(銀英,翠英Yin Ying, Cui Ying)

[equintquant]

Hi, mi name is Eduardo Quant, and my dad was from Guandong. You could call/write Fabio Lau. He is a director of the Chinese Association in Nicaragua. I am sure he knows your relative, Camilo Chow?. You can send hin a letter to: Centro Chino, Kilómetro 15 y 1/2 Carretera a Masaya, Managua, Nicaragua, CENTRAL AMERICA. Good luck.