During the Lady Elgin's career she was involved in numerous accidents.
Within twenty minutes, the Lady Elgin broke apart, and all but the bow section rapidly sank.
The community is named after the Lady Elgin, a ship lost on Lake Michigan.
The foundation laying ceremony was performed on 12 November 1894 by Lady Elgin.
Eviston and his wife died when the Lady Elgin shipwrecked in 1860.
Lady Elgin's eldest son, William Robert, born in 1763, lived only ten weeks.
Lady Elgin, pregnant with her third child, stayed to supervise her husband's project while he went island-hopping.
As for the former Lady Elgin, she didn't even testify in 1816, and the content of the other firmans was never revealed.
Particularly influential was the 1860 sinking of the Lady Elgin, a disaster which claimed more than 300 lives.
The church building is also noted for its Belgian stained-glass windows donated by Lady Elgin.