Background
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 was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England on 18 August 1808, the daughter of Margaret Heaton and John Moxon, a businessman and banker.
They were sent to New Zealand by the Church Missionary Society and worked at the Kawakawa (Hicks Bay) Mission from 1843 to 1846. George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in Kohimarama. George Kissling died 9 November 1865.
Margaret Kissling died on 20 September 1891.