Boy on Tintype

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Bettyann Von Wallmenich

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01/01/2001

Boy on Tintype

I recently found this tintype in an envelope with other pictures. This young boy could be a McDonald, Cosgrove or Mahoney.

This young boy does not resemble any family members that I have been able to identify, but there was a Mahoney son who died in 1854 in Philadelphia, PA, at the age of 14. However, it is possible that he is a Cosgrove or McDonald (MacDonald) from Brooklyn, NY.

Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.

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