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Alexander George "Alex" Gurney (15 March 1902 – 4 December 1955) was an Australian artist, caricaturist, and cartoonist born at Pasley House, Stoke, Devonport (now Stoke, Plymouth), England.〔(Births: Gurney, ''The Mercury'', (Saturday, 3 May 1902), p1. )〕 ==Family== He was the son of William George Gurney and Alice Birdie Gurney (née Worbey), who had married in Portsmouth on 29 May 1901.〔(Marriages, ''The Mercury'', (Saturday, 20 July 1901),p.5. )〕 He was born on 15 March 1902 at Pasley House, Stoke, Devonport (now Stoke, Plymouth), England.〔 His father and his mother, who was an Australian, born in Hobart,〔Ryan, John ''Panel By Panel'' Cassell Australia 1979〕 moved with Alex and settled in Hobart, Tasmania. Soon after the ship upon which his father, a steward in the merchant navy, was serving, went missing at sea;〔Gurney, (2006), p.2.〕 and his father was presumed dead. On 2 July 1908 his mother (always known as Birdie, rather than Alice) remarried; she married James William Albert Hursey (1866–1946).〔(Marriages, ''The Mercury'', (Wednesday, 2 September 1908), p.1. ); (Of Social Interest, ''The Mercury'', (Saturday, 31 August 1940), p.4. )〕 Alex Gurney married Junee Grover (1909–1984) on 16 June 1928 at Christ Church, South Yarra. Junee was the daughter of the journalist Montague "Monty" MacGregor Grover (1870–1943) and Ada Goldberg.〔(O'Neill, S., "Grover, Montague MacGregor (Monty) (1870–1943)", ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', 1983. )〕 Alex and Junee Gurney had four children, John (1929–),〔(The Talk of the Town: Ink Round the Think!,''The (Adelaide) Mail'', (Saturday, 30 June 1934), p.9. ) John was also the author of a number of books of humorous stories and jokes on various subjects.〕 Jennifer Anne (1932–2004), Susan (1937–), and Margaret (1943–), the eminent Melbourne artist.〔(Preparation for Artist's Ball, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 14 December, 1961), p.15 ); (Margaret Gurney Art ); (Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors: Margaret Gurney. ); (Miller, C., "Art Trail Proves a Shore Draw", ''The Age'', (Sunday, 2 January 2005). )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander George Gurney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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