The Lasbrey Family
Frederick Oakley Lasbrey
9 November 1872, in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England
10 January 1873, in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England
Frederick William Lasbrey
Louisa Jane (Oakley) Lasbrey
University of Edinburgh, graduating M.B., Ch.B. in 1897
Emily Frances Waller on 23 January 1902
Physician. Frederick was a
missionary doctor with the Church
Missionary Society (C.M.S.) in Egypt, where he became the medical
superintendent of the Old Cairo Mission Hospital. After 30 years in
Egypt, Frederick returned to Edinburgh in 1929 to become superintendent
and secretary of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society. He retired
from this post in 1938, and became a G.P. in Wethersfield, Essex.
Frederick described the Mission Hospital in an article in The Muslim World July 1924 p279
EVANGELISTIC WORK IN THE OLD CAIRO HOSPITAL
There are in Egypt two principal diseases, grave ailments
affecting many thousands of people. One of these is Ankylostomiasis, or
Hook Worm disease, characterized by Anĉmia, and the other Bilharziasis.
For many years thousands of Egyptians suffering from the former
complaint have sought treatment at our hands; and more recently, since
an effectual remedy has been discovered, crowds of patients suffering
from Bilharzial disease have come to the hospital. The Ankylostoma
patients, the great majority of whom are in-patients, make a stay of
ten to twelve days, and more than half of the Bilharzial patient either enter the actual wards of the hospital or the Anĉmia
shelters, where they remain nearly a month. Treatment of community
diseases such as the above affords the opportunity of "broadcasting"
the Gospel in a way unparalleled by any other method of Evangelism.
When the fact is considered that, in the course of a year, these
patients come from close upon a thousand villages throughout the
country, it is not difficult to see that the opportunity thus provided
may be a veritable lever for evangelism in the hands of the Medical
Missionary.
A Case of Abdominal or Bilocular Hydrocele (British Medical Journal 26 August 1916 p292)
Notes on One Thousand Cases of Bilharziasis Treated by Antimony Tartrate (British Medical Journal 26 February 1921 pp299-301)
Treatment of Bilharziasis by Antimony Tartrate (British Medical Journal 24 May 1924 pp907-8)
30 December 1967, in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England, aged 95
British Medical Journal 6 April 1868 p55
F. O. LASBREY, M.B., CH.B.
Dr. F. O. Lasbrey, a former medical superintendent of the Old Cairo
Mission Hospital, and later superintendent and secretary of the
Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, died in Kempston, Bedfordshire,
on 30 December 1967, at the age of 95.
Frederick Oakley Lasbrey was born on 9 November 1872, and
received his medical education at the University of Edinburgh,
graduating M.B., Ch.B. in 1897. Shortly afterwards he went to Cairo
under the Church Missionary Society to work in the famous Old Cairo
Mission Hospital, of which he later became the medical superintendent.
In 1929 he returned to Edinburgh after some 30 years in Egypt to become
the superintendent and secretary of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary
Society, under which he had trained as a medical student. He did
valuable work in this connexion for nine years, retiring in 1938 to go
into general practice at Wethersfield, Essex.
Dr. Lasbrey was a quiet man, loved and respected by those who
knew him. One Egyptian who worked in his hospital said of him that " he
was faithful in his deeds, kind to his workers, wise in his words,
surpasses all others in his ministry to all the poor . . ."
His had been a long and useful life dedicated to the service of others.- E. L. F.
1881:
Heath Villa, Uttoxeter, Stafford
1891: 45 St Peter's Street,
Bedford St Peter, Bedfordshire
1901: Little Coxwell, Berkshire: Frederick C. Lasbrey is aged 28, born
in Uttoxeter, Stafforshire. He is a Physician and Surgeon.
Harold William Lasbrey
15 October 1904
Frederick Oakley Lasbrey
Emily Frances (Waller) Lasbrey
4 November 1905, in Old Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Mercy and truth: a record of C.M.S. medical mission
work p28 (1906)
Personal Announcements
DEATH.
Egypt. - Harold, infant son of Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Lasbrey, at Old Cairo, on November 4. Aged one year.
The cause of Harold's death was to do with the climate in Egypt. In a eulogy to his mother, who died the next year, we find:
Blessed Be Egypt October 1906 p121
We remember well when she returned from
England this last time, with her little son in whom she rejoiced; and
then, on almost the morrow of her return, God's hand was laid upon the
lad, and He took him away to Himself. Did she murmur? Did she vex
herself? Did she rebel? No! She said, "But for the climate, he would
not have died. I am glad, therefore, that by this I know it was for the
cause, for the work's sake, that he has been given!" Noble words! in
which she expressed her utter devotion to Jesus Christ, and her
willingness to sacrifice her very dearest for Him and His Kingdom.
Violet Arabella (Lasbrey) Warren
Frederick Oakley Lasbrey
Emily Frances (Waller) Lasbrey
Desmond Cecil Robert Warren in 1929 in St Martin district, London, England.
Desmond was born on 21 April 1895 at 71 Stephen Green S, Dublin,
Ireland, the son of Henry Charles Warren and Florence _____. He was
baptised on 24 June 1895 in St Matthias, Dublin.
Desmond served in World War I and was commissioned a Second Lieutenat in the Army Service Corps on 5 July 1915 (London Gazette 14 July 1915 p6925)
Census:
1901: St. Stephen's Green S. Dublin, Ireland
1911: Holywell, Flintshire: Desmond Cecil Robert Warren, boarder, is aged 15, born in Dublin
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