When George Alexander Chan was born on 18 January 1876, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, his father, Sing Kai Chan, was 21 and his mother, Chow Kate Shee, was 18. He married Nell Soo Ling on 19 June 1922, in Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in 1901. He died on 30 September 1957, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81.