Historian Laurie Larvent supplied the graphics for this short article. They relate to his grandfather Élie Larvent (1882-1954) who is pictured on the right with his family in the photograph below.
Larvent was a French Bible Student who met CTR several times when he visited France, in 1909, 1911 and 1912. The card is a response from CTR to the Memorial report Larvent sent in for 1916.
Also supplied is a photograph of CTR’s visit to the
Denain ecclesia on August 6, 1912. Circled in the picture is CTR and probably
members of the Larvent family.
Larvent would not stay with the Watch Tower Society but founded a French subsidiary of the LHMM. His grandson Laurie Larvent wrote the forward for the recent book by Bernard Blandre La préhistoire des témoins de Jehovah (2023) as well as a thesis on the LHMM and a biography of grandfather Élie.
E. Larvent is mentioned in WT January 15, 1916, p. 5842 and April 15, 1916, p. 5888 (his letters to the Society). (From Benek)
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