William LANG was born in 1825 at Lawhitton, Cornwall (England). He married Elizabeth HARRIS and then migrated to South Australia, where they had the following children:
- William Harris LANG who married Catherine Emma COOPER and, after her death, to Elizabeth OLDFIELD
- Richard Maddever LANG was a miner who moved around following the work. He married Lucy Susan HUMPHRIES and had the following children: Frank, Jack, Ruby, Lucy, and Fred (these last 3 were born at Broken Hill)
- Elizabeth Harris LANG married James Adamson KELLY
- Sarah Ann LANG married Frederick NORTON
- Lydia LANG married Albert James MERRICK
- John LANG married Pamela Emma DAVIS
- Amelia LANG married James Carl JOHANSON
- Catherine LANG died aged 7