I am hoping to fill some blanks in my research of a couple of hotels in Peel St North in Ballarat. I have found a relative, Thomas Dutton who applied for the licence of the Retreat Hotel in January 1870 and in December of the same year applied to transfer the licence to a premises across the road, l think he named it the Green Hotel, but not 100% sure. At this time he was married to Mary Ann Dutton, née Williams, married in Tasmania. Mary Ann died in 1882 and Thomas married Elizabeth Smith in 1885, who was licencee of the Bute Hotel, also in Peel Street at the railway end. I can't find any more on the Retreat or Green Hotel or Thomas's movements between 1870 and 1885. I believe the Bute Hotel closed in 1891, I think Thomas died in the Heathcote Hospital in 1893 as I can't find any deaths for a Thomas Dutton in Ballarat. Elizabeth died in 1897, her death is recorded as Dutton, but the funeral notice gives her as her maiden name, Smith, wife of William Smith. If any one can fill some blanks it would be much appreciated
Cheers
Craig