Antoine R. Ivins
Antoine R. Ivins | |
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First Council of the Seventy | |
October 4, 1931 | – October 18, 1967|
Called by | Heber J. Grant |
Personal details | |
Born | Antoine Ridgeway Ivins May 11, 1881 St. George, Utah Territory, United States |
Died | October 18, 1967 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | (aged 86)
Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Spouse(s) | Vilate Ellen Romney Edna Robbins |
Parents | Anthony W. Ivins Elizabeth A. Snow |
Antoine Ridgeway Ivins (May 11, 1881 – October 18, 1967) was a member of the
Youth and family
Ivins was born in St. George, Utah Territory. Ivins spent some of his younger years in Mexico. Ivins was the son of Anthony W. Ivins, an LDS apostle and counselor in the First Presidency. His mother was Elizabeth Ashby Snow Ivins, the daughter of LDS Apostle Erastus Snow.
Ivins studied law in Mexico City.[1] He also studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Utah. Ivins received a degree from the University of Utah.[2]
In 1912, Ivins married Vilate Ellen Romney.[3] Following his wife Vilate's death in 1964, Ivins married Edna Robbins.[3]
Church service
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From 1921 to 1931 Ivins managed the LDS Church's
From 1931 until 1933 Ivins was the
During the 1930s, after his return from serving as president of the Mexican Mission, Ivins worked on translating the
From 1931 until his death, Ivins was a member of the
Notes
- ^ a b Balderas, Eduardo, "How the Scriptures Came to Be Translated into Spanish", Ensign, September 1972.
- ^ Introduction to BYU devotional by Ivins in 1963.
- ^ a b c Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake CIty: Deseret Book Company, 1936) Vol. 4, p. 749.
- ^ Introductory notes connected with the University of Utah's Antoine R. Ivins papers collection.
- ^ Conference Report, October 1952