Margaret Kissling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Margaret Kissling

Homemaker, teacher, missionary

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1808

Place of Birth: Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1891

Profession: teacher, missionary

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.
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 Maori girls boarding school in Kohimarama.
George Kissling died 9 November 1865.Margaret Kissling died on 20 September 1891.A commemorative plaque was unveiled in November 2015 in her hometown of Kingston upon Hull.