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- [S781] Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, New York. Rochester., "Joseph Nunn, President of Brass Works Dies in His Seventy-sixth Year," February 28, 1904, p. 20, col. 4; digital images, \i Old Fulton NY Postcards\i0 (Reliability: 3).
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Sunday, February 28, 1904
Page 20, Column 4
Joseph Nunn
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President of Brass Works Dies in His Seventy-sixth Year
Joseph Nunn, who died yesterday at his residence, No. 347 Brown Street, was born in the city of Thann, France, March 27th, 1828, and had been a resident of Rochester since 1845. He was president of the Nunn Brass Works since 1890, being engaged in the brewing business from 1861 until then. Mr. Nunn was a member of SS. Peter and Paul's church for many years. He was there married, on October 15th, 1850, to Mary A. Burr, who died last JUly. Mr. Nunn leaves a brother, Gregory; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Knope; six children, Mrs. Henry Kunze, of Arnett street; Mrs. Nicholas Fleck and Mrs. George Fraley, of Brown Street; Charles H., August W. and Albert F. Nunn, and fourteen grandchildren.
- [S781] Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, New York. Rochester., "Mary Burr Nunn, Was a Resident of Rochester Nearly Seventy Years," August 2, 1903, p. 20, col. 5; digital images, \i Old Fulton NY Postcards\i0 (Reliability: 3).
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Sunday, August 2, 1903
Column 5
Mary Burr Nunn
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Was a Resident of Rochester Nearly Seventy Years
The death of Mrs. Joseph Nunn removed a very highly esteemed woman from the parish of SS. Peter and Paul's Church, also from Catholic circles of the city. For sixty-seven years Mrs. Nunn had made Rochester her home, living for forty-two years in the house where she died. She lived with her husband for fifty-three and was the mother of thirteen children.
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