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Antoine Ridgeway Ivins (May 11, 1881 – October 18, 1967) was a member of the First Council of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1931 until his death.

s was born in St. George
St. George, Utah

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, Utah Territory
Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized territory of the United States of America that existed from its organic act on September 9, 1850, until the admission of the State of Utah to the United States on January 4, 1896....
. Ivins spent some of his younger years in Mexico
Mexico

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. Ivins was the son of Anthony W. Ivins
Anthony W. Ivins

Anthony Woodward Ivins born in Toms River, New Jersey, was a high-ranking official of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
, an LDS apostle and counselor in the First Presidency
First Presidency (LDS Church)

The First Presidency is the presiding or governing authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It is composed of the President of the Church and his counselors....
. His mother was Elizabeth Ashby Snow Ivins, the daughter of LDS Apostle Erastus Snow
Erastus Snow

Erastus Fairbanks Snow , born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Vermont, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1849 to 1888....
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Ivins studied law in Mexico City
Mexico City

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Antoine Ridgeway Ivins (May 11, 1881 – October 18, 1967) was a member of the First Council of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1931 until his death.

Youth and family

Ivins was born in St. George
St. George, Utah

St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah. It is the principal city of and is included in the St....
, Utah Territory
Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized territory of the United States of America that existed from its organic act on September 9, 1850, until the admission of the State of Utah to the United States on January 4, 1896....
. Ivins spent some of his younger years in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. Ivins was the son of Anthony W. Ivins
Anthony W. Ivins

Anthony Woodward Ivins born in Toms River, New Jersey, was a high-ranking official of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
, an LDS apostle and counselor in the First Presidency
First Presidency (LDS Church)

The First Presidency is the presiding or governing authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It is composed of the President of the Church and his counselors....
. His mother was Elizabeth Ashby Snow Ivins, the daughter of LDS Apostle Erastus Snow
Erastus Snow

Erastus Fairbanks Snow , born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Vermont, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1849 to 1888....
.

Ivins studied law in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
. He also studied at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
 and the University of Utah
University of Utah

The University of Utah is a public university research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of ten institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education and Utah's premier research school currently enrolls 21,526 undergraduate and 6,684 graduate student students and has 1,419 regular Faculty members....
. Ivins received a degree from the University of Utah.

In 1912 Ivins married Vilate Ellen Romney.

Church service

From 1921 to 1931 Ivins managed the LDS Church's sugar cane plantation in Laie, Hawai'i.

From 1931 until 1933 Ivins was the president
Mission president

Mission president is a Priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president is a man who presides over a Mission and the Mormon missionary serving in the mission....
 of the Mexican Mission 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 Spanish-speaking
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 populations of the Southwest United States. Ivins performed the first translation
Translation

Translation is the hermeneutics of the Meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an Dynamic and formal equivalence text, likewise called a "translation," that communicates the same message in another language....
 of the temple
Temple (LDS Church)

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also called the LDS or Mormon Church, a Temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord, and they are considered by Church members to be the most sacred structures on earth....
 Endowment into a language other than English: in cooperation with Eduardo Balderas
Eduardo Balderas

Eduardo Balderas was the leading translator of Latter-day Saint Standard Works and other marterials into Spanish language. He served as the chief Spanish translator for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for almost 50 years....
, he translated the Endowment into Spanish.

During the 1930s, after his return from serving as president of the Mexican Mission, Ivins worked on translating the Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants

The Doctrine and Covenants is a part of the continuous revelation scripture biblical canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement....
 and the Pearl of Great Price into Spanish.

From 1931 until is death Ivins was a member of the First Council of the Seventy. He also served as a member of the General Welfare Advisory Committee of the Church.

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