Abigail Becker | |
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 Becker depicted c. 1856 | |
| Born | Abigail Jackson March 14, 1830 or 1831 |
| Died | March 21, 1905 (aged 75) Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario |
| Burial place | Simcoe, Ontario |
| Other names | The Angel of Long Point |
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| Children | 17 (11 biological) |
Abigail Becker (née Jackson, 1830 or 1831 to 1905), known as the Angel of Long Point, was a Canadian woman credited with saving the lives of numerous people. This included two who had fallen down wells in separate events and sailors caught in storms along the shores of Long Point on Lake Erie from three different shipwrecks, risking her life multiple times. She was an impoverished farmer and trapper, raised six children as stepmother, had eleven more biological children, and saved the lives of seventeen people in her lifetime. She was honored by the Government of Canada, Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, and ultimately ran her own successful farmstead.