Irene Gurney

'Mary Irene Gurney Evans (ca 1870 – August 29, 1951) was a pianist in Manitoba.[1]

She was born in Toronto, the daughter of Edward Gurney and Mary Frances Cromwell, and was educated there and at the New England Conservatory of Music.[2] She helped found the Women's Musical Club of Toronto and served as its vice-president.[3] In 1900, she married William Sanford Evans[4] and came to Winnipeg the following year.[5] She was president of the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg and was the first president of the Women's Canadian Club of Winnipeg. She died in Winnipeg.[3]

Her son Gurney served in the Manitoba legislature.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mary Irene Gurney Evans (c1870-1951)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  2. ↑ Canadian Press Association (1911). Who's who in western Canada. p. 171. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  3. 1 2 Bumsted, J M (2000). Dictionary of Manitoba Biography. University of Manitoba Press. p. 78. ISBN 0887553184. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  4. ↑ McCrea, Walter Jackson (1925). Pioneers and prominent people in Manitoba. p. 173. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  5. ↑ Artibise, Alan (1975). Winnipeg: A Social History of Urban Growth 1875-1914. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 30. ISBN 0773502025. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
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