Two Images - Birth Certificate and Signature

[7Y]

Could anyone please have a look at the two following images.
This first one is of a birth certificate for Sarah Crawford.  In column 2 it is showing the birth date as Feb 6 (1838), with Thomson Street as address.  However, above these details it is showing what appears to be 10 Night, or possibly W Night. Also, in the Informant Column it’s showing mark of Ann Crawford, with possibly another address or maybe a signature. 




The second image is the signature of my 4x G. Grandfather.  Following his signature there seems to be some form of character, it looks familiar (from way back), but I can’t recall what its meaning is.  Or, of course, I may have dreamt this it up.




Any help would be appreciated.

Moderator comment: photos cropped as requested

[manukarik]

Was Sarah a twin? It looks like it should be 10pm as a date is given below. On English Birth Certificates, time is normally only given when there were multiple births.

[manukarik]

You're right,  2 different addresses, place of birth and mother's normal residence?

[7Y]

Ah, I hadn't thought of a twin, hence the time Manukarik.  So do you think Thomson Street could have been a hospital of some kind.  Mind you, the birth was registered some 6 weeks later, March 19 I think, so maybe they moved in that time.

Thanks for the theory

[manukarik]

Have been looking online, but don't know enough about the area to know if Thomson Street was a private address, hospital or poor house infirmary.

[7Y]

I too have been looking, nothing as yet - thanks for your time rik

[dawnsh]

Sarah wasn't obviously a twin, there isn't another Crawford birth in Salford with either the same page number or the one before or after allowing for her entry to be at the bottom or top of the register page.

During the early days of civil registration, some registrars entered a time regardless of whether it was a multiple birth or not.

The usual places of birth in 1838 would be the home, the home of a family member such as the grandmother or the workhouse. Hospitals weren't as we know them now.

As to the date of registration, even today you have 42 days to register a birth.

Have you found a baptism?

[7Y]

Thanks Dawnsh, sadly, no baptism as yet