British factory Lisbon

[Wee lassie]

Does anyone know anything about the British Factory Lisbon?
I am trying to find out about a Thomas Coverly who was orphaned and taken into the care of a British gentleman at the British Factory in Lisbon in 1820

[The Mc]

There are several references to the Coverly family members at the British Factory Chaplaincy, Oporto, Porto, Portugal as found on the old familysearch.org site......is this the factory you meant?

See entries 132-155 South West Europe.....

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0erg/

[jorose]

Here is more about Thomas:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0erf/
note that a Charles is also listed - brother?

http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsofcapecol13theauoft/recordsofcapecol13theauoft_djvu.txt
this one lists both saved and lost.
The lost include:
Charles Coverly (emigrant man), Coverly (unnamed woman), Mary Coverly (girl), Peter and George Coverly (boys), who were probably the rest of the family.

The "Factory" was not a manufacturing facility but more like an association of British merchants (think "factor").

www.familysearch.org/ has a death in Lisbon for Charles Coverly, b. 1808 - so 12 - and several children to him, including one with middle name Morrison.

This is important because the following baptisms are also recorded:
to "Charels Coverlie"
in Fogo, Berwickshire, Scotland:
Thomas, 1806
Charels, 1808
to Charles Coverlie and Agnes Kerr:
in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland:
George Steel Coverlie, 1810
Mary Ann Morrison Coverlie, 1812
in Lana, Scotland
Peter, 1817

also a marriage in 1800 for Charles Coverly to Agnes Ker, in Fogo.

I believe this to be the family who were emigrating in 1820 - the older boys, Thomas and Charles, being the only survivors.

[Skoosh]

Was this not the port trade, the various houses, Cockburn's, Warre's, Graham's, Taylor's, etc'    Skoosh.

[Wee lassie]

From the information I already have Thomas and Charles were the only two in the family to survive the fire onboard the Abeona.Thomas was put in the care of a Mr Garland an English gentleman. He was 14  and his brother who was 12 they were from Fogo and his mother was Agnes Kerr and father Charles.They were taken to the British factory Lisbon
Thomas eventually made it back to Edinburgh to marry in 1834.
I would like to know how long he stayed in Portugal and when he came back to Scotland. His brother Charles married in Portugal and had a family there. Thomas's occupation was given as a brewer.
 The other confusing thing is that I can find no trace of his death. He had a daughter b 1835 but his wife had remarried and had another daughter to this husband in 1837. He had either died or left her. Could he have gone back to Portugal.

[emmsthheight]

Hi

Thank you all.  Not much use to you I know but this bgave me inspiration and another little lead to one of our mysteries. - A family who were in Brazil and had been in Portugal before, but I'd never actually done this search

Pretty sure one of them has turned up in the USA!!

thank you again


Emms

[Wee lassie]

Does anyone have any thoughts why they were taken to British Factory and put under care of two different gentlemen. Would be cared for by their families or was there any boarding facilities? Would they be taken on as apprentices? Charles stayed and Thomas came back to Scotland. Why?

[Skoosh]

Some stuff on the factory House on here,   http://www.intowine.com/port.html?page=1    Skoosh.

[Wee lassie]

Thanks Skoosh. I think I will try and find out more about Mr Garland, where he originally came from and if he returned to Britain. Any ideas how I can do that?