Abigail Becker [SEP] date of death
Abigail Becker
Abigail Becker (1830–1905), known as the Angel of Long Point, was a Canadian woman credited with saving the lives of numerous sailors caught in storms along the shores of Long Point. When the storms had passed, she would wade in the water as far as she could to rescue trapped seamen from their doomed ships.
After marrying a widower and taking on the care of his six children, she settled in a trapper's cabin on Long Point, Lake Erie. On 23 November 1854, with
boys and three girls. A few years after Jeremiah's death, Abigail married Henry Rohrer, with whom she had three more daughters.
The story of the Conductor rescue is told in the song The Angel Of Long Point by Canadian band Tanglefoot, and in the song "Abigail" by Canadian Americana/Folk singer Tia McGraff.
References.
- Details of the book "The story of Abigail Becker, the heroine of Long Point, as told by her step-daughter, Mrs. Henry Wheeler"
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