Johann Friederich August Kelling J.P. (1820 - 1909)

Born 11 Feb 1820 in Klütz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany

Husband of Johanna Friederica Christiana (Lampe) Kelling — married 1842 in Germany

Husband of Rose Mary (Etty) Kelling — married 10 Feb 1855 (to 27 Aug 1855) in Ranzau, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand

Husband of Dorothea Wilhelmine (Kuskop) Kelling — married about 1863 (to 1 Jun 1865) in Germany

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1909 at age 89 in Nilestreet, Nelson New Zealand

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Biography

Kelling changed his name to John Fedor Augustus Kelling

Victoria University writes: Mr. Fedor A. Kelling , who sat for Waimea in the House of Representatives from 1859 to 1860, had been previously a member of the old Provincial Council, to which he was elected in 1857, and sat up to the time of the abolition of the Provincial Governments. He was born in 1820 in Mechlenberg-Schwerin, Germany, where he was educated and brought up to farming. In 1844 he came to New Zealand by the ship “Skjold,” and settled at Waimea East, where he took up 350 acres of land, which he reclaimed and brought under cultivation. In 1855 he purchased a run of 8000 acres in Marlborough, where he grazed about 4000 sheep; but in 1877 he gave up this property and bought between 500 and 600 acres at Stanley Brook, Motueka Valley. This land was afterwards transferred to his eldest son, Mr. Robert Kelling, who finally sold it in 1900, and took over his father's property at Waimea East. Mr. Kelling was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1859, and in 1863 he was sent to Europe as Emigration Agent, with the object of obtaining suitable settlers for the colony. He was for many years German Consul at Nelson, and on the abolition of the office, he was presented with the Order of the Crown by the late Emperor William I, as a mark of that monarch's appreciation of his services.

Sources

• NZ BDM marriage record: 1855/1798, Rose Mary Etty & John Fedor Augustus Kelling
• Marriage notice (to Rose Mary Etty), Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume 712, Issue 712, 21 February 1855, Page 2
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedor_Kelling
• Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Kelling, Carl Friederich Christian and Kelling, Johann Friederich August, accessed: 28 June 2021
• NZ BDM death record: 1909/7146, Fedor Kening (sic), age: 89
• Death notice, Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 25 October 1909, Page 2
• Obituary, Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 25 October 1909, Page 2
• Find A Grave: Memorial #206026857, Pioneer Family Grave, Hope, Tasman
• https://www.geni.com/people/Johann-Kelling-JP/6000000024211808414