The free website Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/ contains the names and burial locations of over 220 million people. 160.8 million of these are in the USA, 7.8 million in Canada, 7.3 million in Australia and 6.7 million in England. The memorials on Find A Grave contain some information about the person’s life and often a photo of the grave.
The website contains entries for 82 Ivalls buried in England (73 with Ivall as their surname when they died plus 9 with Ivall as their maiden name). 43 of the memorials also have a picture.
A few of the English Ivalls listed, such as my ancestor David Ivall (1816-67), were buried in common graves. A common grave was a plot which belonged to the owners of the cemetery rather than to a private individual. These plots were used to bury the bodies of unrelated individuals who died over the course of a few days and did not have the means to pay for a plot with private burial rights. These graves were not marked with any kind of stonework.
In addition, there are 86 (69 + 17) Ivall graves in Canada and 13 (10 + 3) in the USA on the website. There is 1 Ivall grave in Scotland and 1 in New Zealand. There are also 2 Ivall war graves in Belgium and 1 in France.
It is not easy to establish where people in England were buried. There are some burial records online but they only cover a minority of cemeteries and burial grounds. Consequently, I do not know where many English Ivalls are interred. If you know of any Ivall graves not on the Find A Grave website, please contact me.
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