GODEFROI La BRIE, M.D. 

 

GODEFROI La BRIE, M.D.,  whose office is at No. 1035 Mission street, San Francisco, has been a resident of California since December, 1878, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine for the past twenty-five years.  He was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, 1844, and his early education was received in the elementary schools of that country.  In 1855 he entered the College of St. Therese, a branch of the Lavalle University, where he graduated in 1861, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts.  He then commenced the study of medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada, in 1865, receiving his degree as Doctor of Medicine.  He at once commenced the practice of medicine at St. Andrews, Quebec, where he remained until December, 1878.  In that year he came to California, locating in San Francisco, where he has been in continuous practice since that time.  He is a member of the State Medical Society of California, and of the County Medical Society of San Francisco.

Dr. La Brie is of French descent, and from a family of physicians.  His great-grandfather, Dr. J. La Brie, was a surgeon in the army of France, before the revolution of 1782 in that country.  His grandfather, Dr. Jacques La Brie, was educated in medicine in France, but after the French revolution he came to Canada, where he practiced during his life-time, dying in 1830.  He was also for many years a member of the Canadian Parliament for the county of Deux Montagues.  Dr La Brie’s father was a general merchant in Canada, while he as again taken up the medical profession and has followed in the footsteps of his ancestors.

Louise E. Shoemaker, transcriber October 29^th, 2004.