Droste zu Hülshoff
Who are they?
This family is not Joseph von Droste zu Hülshoff with his 4 sons!
The photo was found at RootsWeb, and had no caption or identification, other than "huelsoff" and "huelshoff" in the file name. The file was uploaded to RootsWeb on Feb. 21, 2004:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iascott/huelsoff.jpg
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iascott/huelshoff.jpg
The photo was located at this website called "Scott Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project - Hoffbauer Photo Collection":
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/picsanddocs8.htm
The photo was identified as Bernhard Huelshoff and sons. Standing left, Carl; seated Bernhard; right, Frank; seated left, Leo; and seated right is Alphons. Picture taken about 1898.
Bernhard Huelshoff was married to M. Bertha "Bertha" Hoffbauer in Dubuque, Iowa.