George Adam Kissling
Born(1805-07-03)3 July 1805
Murr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died9 November 1865(1865-11-09) (aged 60)
Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationMissionary
SpouseMargaret Moxon (married 1837)

George Adam Kissling[1] (3 July 1805 – 9 November 1865)[2] was the second Archdeacon of Waitemata.[3]

Life and career

Kissling was born in Murr, Baden-Württemberg, in Germany.[4] A Lutheran missionary who studied at the University of Basel, Kissling served with the German Mission Society in Liberia and Sierra Leone before ill-health led him to go to England.[5] He married Margaret Moxon on 3 July 1837 at Islington, London. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1841 and the following year emigrated to New Zealand.[6]

The Kisslings were sent by the Church Missionary Society to work at the Kawakawa (Hicks Bay) Mission from 1843 to 1846.[7][8][9] George Kissling's ill health resulted in a move to Auckland.[10]

George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in the Auckland suburb of Kohimarama.[11] He taught students of theology at St John's College, including Riwai Te Ahu.[12] In 1859 he was appointed Archdeacon of Waitemata.

After some years of illness, Kissling died on 9 November 1865, aged 60.[13][5]

References

  1. ↑ NTETC
  2. ↑ Nat Lib NZ
  3. ↑ "The Clergy List" 1864 p267
  4. ↑ "The Late Archdeacon Kissling". The New Zealander: 3. 11 November 1865.
  5. 1 2 "The Late Archdeacon Kissling". New Zealand Herald: 4. 10 November 1865.
  6. ↑ Wife's biography
  7. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1844". Formation of a Station at Kauakaua, Hick’s Bay. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, January 1845". Missionary Tour in the Eastern District of New Zealand. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1846". Influence of a Missionary in Reconciling Contending Parties of New Zealanders. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, July 1851". New Zealand Welcome. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Stanley, Joan C. "Margaret Kissling". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  12. ↑ Hadfield, Octavius (1902). Maoris of by-gone days: Rev. Riwai Te Ahu. London : J.H. Shears, digital publication: Early New Zealand Books (ENZB), University of Auckland Library. pp. 15–18.
  13. ↑ "Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.


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