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[jexia]

First and last babies bid goodbye to hospital

Hazel St George Hampton, 82, and Leo Quake James Jones, 12 months, met to mark the end of an era yesterday as construction workers began demolishing the building where both were born.

The nuns had wanted Hampton's mother to name the baby after St George's to "note what had happened", she said. "And that's how I came to be called St George. I never used it when I was a child. I avoided it like the plague ... I felt it was quite a nice name in the end."

"Leo arrived on February 22, 2011, at 2.33am, the last baby to be born at the hospital after it had to be evacuated when the 12.51pm quake hit. "We said to the family as a joke we were going to call him Quake – and they would not let it go," Jones said."

Comments

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I think that's kind of cool that the baby's middle name is Quake. It says something about his personal history and it's not too out there.

In general, I think parents have a little bit more freedom when it comes to middle names, anyway.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

This. I probably wouldn't feel the same way about Quake if it was don't just because it sounded cool, though, but a little personal history makes it charming, I think.

[amaranti.livejournal.com]

Hazel St George sounds really adorable and quaint. <3 As for Quake, personally the *last* thing I want to do is think about that earthquake, so I really don't like it. Also, it's not like he can escape that piece of history since his birthday will be on the same day the victims are commemorated. I would imagine when he gets bigger he will want a break from it. -_- I like that they named him Leo, it's a really nice name. The thing is, they do work really well together as far as names go, but I just don't like 'Quake' ><