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I have found that my Great Grandfather John Walker Cattermole died 9 Dec 1871 at the Smallpox Hospital Muttoncove Devonport, but cannot find a burial place.
Did people that died of smallpox get buried in the main cemeteries or were they buried elsewhere?
He was born 26 Dec 1840 in Middlesex.
Elsie

I think it's likely the hospital had its own burial ground? Cant find it online yet but other smallpox hospitals are coming up as having their own burial ground.

Hi Rambling Rose,
Thank you for your answer, I have spent years trying to find out what happened to him,
Do you know where Muttoncove Hospital was situated? I couldn't find a muttoncove on the maps that I have.
It is a bit hard for me to find these sort of things out as I live in Western Australia.
Thanks again,
Regards Elsie

Just google Mutton Cove, Plymouth and you will find some info. It was an original dockyard area for Devonport.

Also by googling smallpox hospital, mutton cove, Plymouth a couple of references come up, but the bit about smallpox/hospital must be buried pretty deep within the articles as I've had a quick look and can't see them. There are dozens of pages to scroll through as you are basically looking at books about Plymouth as a whole

Plymouth - The British Empire
www.britishempire.co.uk/article/plymouth.htm
11 Jul 2012 - Plymouth led the way in the initial and crucial phase of England's .... or were brought back to Plymouth to be treated in her hospitals before being repatriated home. ...... off Mutton Cove, or to the workhouse until the danger had subsided .... who seems to have contracted smallpox, malaria and various other ...

or Full text of "The Plymouth and Devonport guide; with ...
https://archive.org/.../plymouthdevonpor00carr/plymouthdevonpor00car...
Royal Naval Hospital 45 Marine Barracks 4/ Long Room ditto ib. ..... The principal quays for mercantile shipping are at North-Corner and Mutton-Cove. ..... is the operating room and the small-pox ward separated from it by a stone partition.

Name: John Walker Cattermole
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: London, Middlesex
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Stoke Damerel
Sub-District: St Aubyn
Parish: Stoke Damerel
County: Devonshire

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Walker Cattermole Self M 29 London, Middlesex
Mary A Cattermole Wife F 27 Stoke Damerel, Devonshire
Caroline Cattermole Daughter F 4 Stonehouse, Devonshire
Jane Alice Cattermole Daughter F 1 Stoke Damerel, Devonshire

Name: John Walker Cattermole
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1841
Registration District: St. George Hanover Square
County: London
Event Place: St. George Hanover Square, London, England
Volume: 1
Page: 5
Line Number: 27

Name: John Cattermole
Event Type: Marriage
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1869
Registration District: East Stonehouse
County: Devon
Event Place: East Stonehouse, Devon, England
Volume: 5B
Page: 464
Line Number: 22


John Cattermole probably married one of the following people
Name: Mary Ann Fisher

Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1871
Registration District: Stoke Damerel
County: Devon
Event Place: Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Age (available after 1866): 30
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Volume: 5B
Page: 283
Line Number: 175

Thank you greyghost for your help.
Regards Elsie

Thank you Ann Cardiff,
I have obtained all the certificates over the years but took a long time to find his death as it was a lot earlier than I had expected and yes my great grandmother was Mary Ann Fisher nee Wilton.
Regards Elsie