Ludwig Hugo (Louis) Beyers was a German-Australian gold miner and politician.
[3] After his parents died in West Prussia from plague, he immigrated at age 13 to America, arriving in New York City.
Mary's sister Harriet married his friend and mining partner Bernhardt Holtermann.
On arrival in Sydney, he worked as a draper's assistant, and in 1856 moved to Hill End to mine gold.
[1] A friend, to whom he had entrusted the management of his estate, enriched himself and left Beyers bankrupted in 1894.