Camden People - Charles Foulon

CHARLES FOULON was born in Philadelphia on June 28, 1876 to Charles and Anna Foulon. Besides Charles, there was an older brother, Albert, and sisters Caroline, Emma and Anna. His father came to Camden after the 1880 Census 1880 and established a bakery, C. Foulon & Company, at 524 Federal Street. After the death of the older Foulon in 1905, Charles Foulon carried the business forward into the mid-1920s, when he retired.

Charles Foulon married Laura Folker. The Foulon's had three children, daughters Miriam and Elizabeth, and a son Charles Phillip Foulon, who settled in Tooele UT. The Foulons also had a well known ice-cream parlor and restaurant at 506 Federal Street.

Charles Foulon made his home in his later years at 1453 Ormond Avenue in the Parkside section of Camden NJ. He passed away at West Jersey Hospital on January 11, 1950.

Charles Foulon's sister Emma married Philip Wilson, president of the Central Trust Bank, brother of Admiral Henry B. Wilson for whom the boulevard is named, and daughter of H.B. Wilson Sr., for whom the H.B. Wilson Elementary School on South 9th Street is named.

Camden Post - June 22, 1888

Camden Courier-Post - January 11, 1950