Valentine Folwell
203 Lower Street
Market Street
Occupation: Confectioner, House Proprietor
William Long – Apprentice
In 1837 Valentine advertises for an apprentice in the Kent Gazette this may well be William Long seen here in 1841living with the Folwell family. William, by 1849, has finished his apprenticeship and marries a Harriet Cox in Ramsgate that year. He carries on his profession as a Baker and Confectioner on the then Turnpike Road and now known as London Road, Deal.
Kentish Gazette – Tuesday 4 July 1837
Probate
Valentine died at home in Stone House Market Street in April 1861. The probate record says he left £2,000 and that his daughter Charlotte was one of the executors. Sarah continues to live in Market Street until her own death in 1872. Charlotte, probably after her mother’s death, moves to Portsea on Hampshire where she lives with her sister Mary Ann and her family. William J. Andrews, Mary Ann’s husband, works there for the inland revenue. Charlotte later moves with them to Edmonton, Middlesex where she dies in 1902.
Family Vault
Valentine, Sarah and their children Sarah, Henry and Valentine were all buried together in a family vault in St. George’s churchyard. Only the Memorial Plaque survives and can be found on the South wall of the Garden of Rest.
Maria Ann Hodges, the spinster sister of Sarah, died on 3 June 1867 and was buried in St. George’s churchyard.
| Name | Born | Baptised | Married | Died | Buried |
| Valentine Folwell | About 1796 Bridge |
Unknown | Sarah Hodges 9 March 1807 St. Leonard’sBorn 1790 Sandwich Buried 1872 St. George’s |
19 April 1861 Stone House, Market Street | 25 April 1861 St. George’s |
The Children of Valentine Folwell & Sarah Hodges
| Name | Born | Baptised | Married | Died | Buried |
| Valentine | 1811 | 16 June 1811 St. Leonard’s |
*1840 Lower Street |
9 December 1840 St. George’s |
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| Sarah | 1815 | 3 November 1815 | 27 September 1839 Lower Street |
3 October 1839 St. George’s |
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| Henry | 1813 Lower Street |
11 August 1813 St.George’s |
1840 Lower Street |
24 December 1840 St. George’s | |
| Charlotte | 1818 | 12 April 1818 | Unmarried | ||
| William | 1820 | 2 July 1820 | Juliet Dunbar **12 February 1846 British Ambassador’s, Florence |
31 December 1888 Gloucester Street Belgravia |
1888 |
| Elizabeth | 1822 | 8 November 1822 | George White 29 April 1852 St. Leonard’s |
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| Thomas | 1825 | 27 April 1825 | Frances White 6 September Guildford |
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| Caroline | 1826 | ||||
| Mary Ann | 1828 | 4 April 1828 | William John Andrews 30 Oct 1855 St. Leonard’s |
1871 |
* Valentine was a purser in the RN & died in service source Hampshire Advertiser – Saturday 03 April 1841
** William Valentine marriage source Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties – Friday 27 February 1846
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1841 | Valentine | Confectioner | ||
| Sarah | ||||
| Caroline | ||||
| Thomas | ||||
| Nary | ||||
| Maria Hodges | ||||
| William Long | Apprentice | |||
| Michael Upton | Male Servant | |||
| Susan Files | Female Servant | |||
| Henrietta White | Visitor |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1851 | Stone House, Market Street | Valentine | Head | Proprietor of Houses & Fundholder |
| Sarah | Wife | |||
| Charlotte | Daughter | |||
| Elizabeth | Daughter | |||
| Mary Ann | Daughter | |||
| Mary Hodges | Sister-in-Law | |||
| Elizabeth A Williams | Servant |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1861 | Market Street | Valentine | Head | Proprietor of Houses |
| Sarah | Wife | Wife of Proprietor of Houses | ||
| Charlotte | Daughter | |||
| Maria Hodges | Sister-in-Law | |||
| Elizabeth Hodges | Servant | House Servant |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1871 | Market Street | Sarah | Head | Independent Houses, Dividends |
| Charlotte | Daughter | |||
| Frank M. Andrews | Grandson | |||
| Elizabeth Holden | Servant | Domestic Servant |
Trade and Street Directory
| Directory and Year | Trade or Occupation | Address |
| Pigot’s 1840 | Confectioner | 203 Lower Street |
| Bagshaw’s 1847 | Esquire | Market Street |
| Post Office Directory 1851 | 2 Market Street | |
| Post Office Directory 1855 | Esquire | Stone House Market Street |
Poll Books
| Year | Profession | Residence |
| 1852 listed as not Voting | Deal | |
| 1857 | Gentleman | Deal |
| 1859 | Gentleman | Deal |