Irene Gurney

A white woman with dark hair in a bouffant updo, wearing a white blouse or dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline
Irene Gurney Evans, from a 1908 publication

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

Biography

Gurney 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.[6] She died in Winnipeg in 1951.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b 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.[permanent dead link‍]
  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.
  6. ^ "The Winnipeg W. C. C." Canadian Magazine (April 1908): 573.