Margaret Kissling
Margaret Kissling (18 August 1808–20 September 1891) was a New Zealand homemaker, teacher and missionary. 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.[1]
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.[2][3][4]
The ill health of her husband resulted in a move to Auckland.[5] George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in Kohimarama. George Kissling died 9 November 1865.[6]
Margaret Kissling died on 20 September 1891.[1]
References
- ^ a b Stanley, Joan C. "Margaret Kissling". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1844". Formation of a Station at Kauakaua, Hick’s Bay. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1846". Influence of a Missionary in Reconciling Contending Parties of New Zealanders. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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