| 1874-07-18 | b. 11 Northumberland Terrace, Tynemouth, Northumberland | birth certificate |
| 1881 | scholar, living with her family and two servants at 14 Bewick Road, Gateshead, Durham | TNA: RG 11/5034 f125 p55 |
| 1884-02-10 | of Rodsley | Bensham Grove visitors' books |
| 1884-12-25 | ||
| 1885-02-14 | of Rodsley, Gateshead | |
| 1886-07-24/-30 | ||
| 1887-12-26 | ||
| educated at Gateshead School | Sydenham, Forest Hill & Penge Gazette, 1954-07-09 | |
| 1891 | scholar, living at Rodsley House, Gateshead, with her parents, a cook, two domestic servants, and a visitor | RG 12/4177 f4 p2 |
| 1895-12-25 | of Newcastle-on-Tyne | Bensham Grove visitors' books |
| 1896-12-25 | of Newcastle | |
| 1898-07-23 | of The White House, Newcastle | |
| 1898-12-26 | of Ncle | |
| 1899-12-25 | of Newcastle-on-Tyne | |
| 1900-12-25 | of Newcastle | |
| 1901 | of Carn Begg, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, living with parents | RG 13/1033 f30 p52 |
| 1902-03-31 | has been awarded a Durham University Certificate of Proficiency in General Education | Newcastle Journal |
| 1906-04-26 | of the College of Medicine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; has satisfied the examiners in the third examination for the degree of Bachelor in Medicine | Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1908-04-17 | inherited the residue of the estate of her aunt Ellen Mary Gurney | Bristol Times and Mirror |
| 1910-08-06 | with her mother, visiting at Dalrachey House, Carr Bridge | Grantown Supplement |
| 1911 | doctor of medicine, living at The White House, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, 15 rooms, with her mother, her aunt, a cook, a waiting maid, and a housemaid | RG14PN30607 RG78PN1753 RD558 SD3 ED29 SN96 |
| 1913-04/-05 | applied for post as honorary assistant physician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle | catalogue entry for application, Tyne and Wear Archives Service, HO.RVI/103/11-13 |
| 1915-04-27 | had lectured in first aid for the St John Ambulance Association, in Newcastle | Newcastle Journal |
| 1915-11-01 | a member of the ladies' selection committee for the appointment of candidates to military hospitals requiring women | Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1915-12-28 | present at the annual Christmas tree and distribution of toys to the sick children of the Fleming Memorial Hospital, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1915-12-29 |
| 1917-02-24 | one of the signatories to the letter 'A Women's Protest', re compulsory examination for venereal disease | Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1917-07-03 | delivered a lecture on 'Baby's Sleep', at the Gosforth Child Welfare Exhibition | Newcastle Journal, 1917-07-04 |
| 1918/1920 | medical registrar at the Royal Victoria Infirmary | BMJ |
| 1919-07-09 | one of two judges at the pram procession and baby competition at Wallsend, in connection with National Baby Week | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1919-07-10 |
| 1921-06-03 | present at a reception given by the Newcastle Centre of the Baptist Laymen's Missionary Movement, at the Station Hotel, Newcastle | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1921-06-04 |
| 1921 | consulting physician, working at 18 Jesmond Rd, Newcastle; living in 15 rooms at White House, Grainger Park Rd, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with her mother, a cook, a house parlourmaid, and a housemaid | RG 15/25298 RD558 SD2 ED34 SN173 |
| 1923/1928 | of 'The White House', Grainger Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | electoral registers |
| 1924-05-28 | annual meeting of Newcastle and Gateshead Vigilance Association held at White House, Granger Park Road | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1924-05-29 |
| 1925-09-11 | had donated £2 2s at an appeal at the Holiday Hall at South Shields (for giving local poor children a day's holiday at the seaside) | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1925-09-11 |
| by 1926-01-25 | of Newcastle; had donated £2 2s. to the Restoration Fund for Durham Castle | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| by 1927-02-14 | had donated £10 towards the guarantee fund required for the 1928 North East Coast Exhibition | Newcastle Journal |
| 1928-05-17 | on the platform at a Women's Rally in Newcastle, to commemorate the centenary of Josephine Butler | The Berwick Advertiser, 1928-05-24 |
| 1929 | of 33 Jesmond Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; abode 'The White House', Grainger Park Road | electoral register |
| 1930-10-01 | co-executrix of the will of her aunt Catherine Gurney; inherited her OBE, and a travelling clock given to her in 1887 | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1930-10-11; Surrey Mirror, 1930-11-07 |
| 1934-09-29 | elected an honorary life governor of the Newcastle Royal Infirmary | Sunday Sun (Newcastle), 1934-09-30 |
| 1935-08-27 | had donated £2 2s to the Poor Children's Holiday Association | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1936 | physician, of The White House, Granger Park rd, Newcastle (T. 34339) | Ward's Directory |
| 1936-08-12 | had donated £2 2s to the Poor Children's Holiday Association | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1936-12-29 | present at the annual distribution of toys at the Fleming Hospital for Sick Children, in Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1936-12-30 |
| 1937-08-19 | had donated £2 2s to the Poor Children's Holiday Association and Rescue Agency | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1939-09-29 | physician retired, living at 'The White House', Grainger Park Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with a hospital almoner, a cook, and a housemaid | 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101) |
| 1942-04-08 | one of five signatories to a letter seeking relief for those facing famine in German occupied countries | Shields Daily News; Newcastle Journal, 1942-04-21 |
| 1948 | of White ho, Newcastle 4; tel. 34339 | phone book |
| 1954-03-18 | of The White House, Grainger Park-road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. Newcastle upon Tyne RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
| bur. Jesmond Old Cemetery, Newcastle | Find a Grave | |
| 1954-06-26 | had been a vice-president of the Girls' Public Day School Trust | Lewisham Borough News, 1954-07-13 |
| 1954-08-10 | will proved at Newcastle by Leonard Foster Browne and Reginald Armstrong, doctors of medicine; effects £36,011 7s. 7d. | National Probate Calendar |
| 1954-09-12 |
City doctor's £35,000 Dr. Helen Mary Gurney, aged 79, of The White House, Granger Park Road, Newcastle, left £36,011 (£35,491 net, duty paid £8,931). Miss Gurney was a well-known Newcastle physician. She qualified in 1908 and devoted many years to child welfare. She was a vice-president of the Northumberland and Tyneside Council of Social Service, honorary medical registrar at Newcastle Infirmary and, on her retirement in 1934, was made an honorary life governor of the infirmary. |
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