Antoine Ridgeway Ivins (May 11, 1881 – October 18, 1967) was a member of the

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from 1931 until his death.

Youth and family

Ivins was born in

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. Ivins spent some of his younger years in

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. Ivins was the son of

Anthony W. Ivins Anthony Woodward Ivins (September 16, 1852 – September 23, 1934) was an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was a member of the church's First Presidency from 1921 until his death. Early life and fa ...

, an

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and counselor in the

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. His mother was Elizabeth Ashby Snow Ivins, the daughter of LDS Apostle

Erastus Snow Erastus Snow (November 9, 1818 – May 27, 1888) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1849 until his death. Snow was a leading figure in the Mormon colonizat ...

. Ivins studied law in

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. Balderas, Eduardo
"How the Scriptures Came to Be Translated into Spanish"
''

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'', September 1972. He also studied at the

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and the

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. Ivins received a degree from the University of Utah. In 1912, Ivins married Vilate Ellen Romney. Jenson, Andrew. ''

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'' (Salt Lake CIty: Deseret Book Company, 1936) Vol. 4, p. 749. Following his wife Vilate's death in 1964, Ivins married Edna Robbins.

Church service

From 1921 to 1931 Ivins managed the LDS Church's

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plantation in Laie,

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. From 1931 until 1933 Ivins was the

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of the Mexican

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of the LDS Church. He succeeded Rey L. Pratt in this position. At this time, the mission not only had responsibility for all of Mexico, but also for all proselytizing efforts among the

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populations of the

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. Ivins performed the first

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of the

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endowment into a language other than English: in cooperation with Eduardo Balderas, he translated it into Spanish. During the 1930s, after his return from serving as president of the Mexican Mission, Ivins worked on translating the

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and the Pearl of Great Price into Spanish. From 1931 until his death, Ivins was a member of the

. He was the presiding member of the Council from 1963. He also served as a member of the General Welfare Advisory Committee of the Church.''Conference Report'', October 1952

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