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

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Biography

Gurney was born in

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, the daughter of Edward Gurney and Mary Frances Cromwell, and was educated there and at the

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. She helped found the Women's Musical Club of Toronto and served as its vice-president. In 1900, she married

William Sanford Evans William Sanford Evans (December 18, 1869 – June 27, 1949) was a Manitoba politician. Between 1933 and 1936, he was the leader of that province's Conservative Party caucus. Evans was born in Spencerville, Ontario, the son of Rev. J.S. Ev ...

and came to

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the following year. She was president of the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg and was the first president of the Women's Canadian Club of Winnipeg."The Winnipeg W. C. C."
''Canadian Magazine'' (April 1908): 573. She died in Winnipeg in 1951. Her son

Gurney Evans Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (September 3, 1907 – January 8, 1987) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the g ...

served in the Manitoba legislature.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurney, Irene Year of birth uncertain 1951 deaths Canadian classical pianists Canadian women pianists