About Margaret Kissling
Lived 1808 – 1891 (aged 83). Margaret Kissling was a New Zealand missionary and teacher.
Margaret Kissling (18 August 1808–20 September 1891) was an English Anglican missionary in New Zealand. In New Zealand, she was also a homemaker and teacher.
Biography She was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England on 18 August 1808, the daughter of Margaret Heaton and John Moxon, a businessman and banker.
She married George Adam Kissling on 3 July 1837 at Islington. They were sent to New Zealand by the Church Missionary Society and worked at the Kawakawa (Hicks Bay) Mission from 1843 to 1846.
The ill health of her husband resulted in a move to Auckland. George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in Kohimarama. George Kissling died 9 November 1865.
Margaret Kissling died on 20 September 1891.
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Who was Margaret Kissling?
Homemaker, teacher, missionary
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Margaret Kissling was born on 18 August 1808 in Kingston upon Hull.
When did Margaret Kissling die?
Margaret Kissling died on 20 September 1891.
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Margaret Kissling was a missionary and teacher.
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Margaret Kissling was New Zealand.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Margaret Kissling
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