George Kissling
George Adam Kissling[1] (3 July 1805 – 9 November 1865)[2] was an early Archdeacon of Waitemata.[3]
A German Lutheran Missionary he married Margaret Moxon on 3 July 1837 at Islington. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1841 and the following year emigrated to New Zealand.[4] They were sent by the Church Missionary Society to work at the Kawakawa (Hicks Bay) Mission from 1843 to 1846.[5][6][7]
George Kissling's ill health resulted in a move to Auckland.[8] George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in Kohimarama.[9]
George Kissling died 9 November 1865.[10]
References
- ↑ NTETC
- ↑ Nat Lib NZ
- ↑ "The Clergy List" 1864 p267
- ↑ Wife's biography
- ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1844". Formation of a Station at Kauakaua, Hick’s Bay. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 13 October 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, January 1845". Missionary Tour in the Eastern District of New Zealand. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 13 October 2015. (Subscription required (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. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, July 1851". New Zealand Welcome. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 18 October 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Stanley, Joan C. "Margaret Kissling". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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