Marion George Romney was an apostle and a member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Occupation
priest, lawyer, politician
Position held
member of the Utah House of Representatives, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Citizenship
United States
Born
September 19, 1897
Died
May 20, 1988
Overview
Marion George Romney (September 19, 1897 – May 20, 1988) was an apostle and a member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Early life
Romney was born in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to expatriated parents, George S. Romney and Terressa Artemesia Romney ( Redd).
His father, George Romney, was the uncle of Michigan governor George W. Romney, who was born in nearby Colonia Dublan. Marion Romney is the first cousin, once removed of Mitt Romney. Terressa Redd was the daughter of Lemuel Hardison Redd and Sariah Louisa Chamberlain. Terressa and George married in 1894 in Colonia Juárez.
Romney was the second of ten children. His younger sister, Lurlene Romney Cheney, later converted to Catholicism and entered a religious order as Sister Mary Catherine, a Carmelite nun at the Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Holladay, Utah.
