See also: New Zealand Church Missionary Society.
| Margaret Kissling | |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1808 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England |
| Death Place: | Parnell, New Zealand |
| Other Names: | Margaret Moxon |
| Spouse: | George Adam Kissling (married 1837) |
| Occupation: | Missionary |
| Nationality: | British |
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.[1] [2] [3]
The ill health of her husband resulted in a move to Auckland.[4] George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in Kohimarama. George Kissling died 9 November 1865.[5]
Margaret Kissling died on 20 September 1891.
A commemorative plaque was unveiled in November 2015 in her hometown of Kingston upon Hull.[6]