Irene Gurney

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

[1] 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.

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