Hi Casey
It seems William and Jane were never married, in his will, he refers to Jane Dixon|Huggon.
William was also an artist of many paintings catalogued in Melbourne.
His brother Thomas wasn’t as successful as William and his son William.
Thomas went the gold mines up near Ballarat to Clunes.
He died 39th October 1869 as a result of an accident, he was thrown from a sulky, managed to get back to his residence, McCullullochs Tourello Hotel, went to bed and was found dead in his bed the next morning by the hotel owner, an inquest was held on his death and was found to have died of apoplexy.
He was buried at Clunes cemetery in an area where strangers were buried with others in a paupers grave.
His brother William declined to claim his body, why I don’t know as he was an influential person as his son was in Melbourne.
William Pitt is my GG Grandfather, Thomas GG uncle.
I have original pics of them all including Jane, and their 3 surviving sons, William, Richard and Charles.
So, it seems many people have tried, without success, to find this family in the UK over many years.
If William was doing so well in the theatre business in England, why leave to go to Australia?
It makes one think, they he did not want to be found. Maybe the name wasn’t Pitt at all. I wonder if they were running way from the husband of Jane Huggon, or some other kind of trouble.
