Excellent Work Shelley !!!!........You are fantastic. Its amazing to me how you find so much information for me. Its developing into quite a story. A person could write a book on the life of this man.
Perhaps you, or anyone, could help me tie up a few loose ends regarding Barton's daughter Elaine Elizabeth Barton who's birth was registered at Steyning Sussex Jan 1892. Her mother, Barton's first wife was Celestine Elizabeth Barton. I have all the info I need about Celestine and her family. Barton and Celestine were married in 1891 in Brooklyn NY and after the marriage she and her husband went to live in England. She expected to be living his "castle" that he bragged about but initially lived in the best hotels in London on her and her mothers money which he conned them out of. They then rented a house in Brighton, Sussex and while there Elaine was born and soon after Barton was arrested and put in jail for various thefts. Passenger lists show Mrs Celestine Elizabeth Barton and her 10 month old daughter Elaine sailing back to New York from England in 1893, having been send some money by family and friends in the USA to pay for her passage.
An article in The Eagle of Brooklyn NY picks up the story of Elaine when her father as Major Frederick Hastings-Seymour shows up at the office of the The Eagle in 1920 asking for help in locating his daughter. The article about this says that when Elaine was age 13 she was given up by her mother who could not care for her or give her a good life. She was adopted, or at least her guardian was Ferdinand Danton, an artist painter (actually an art forger). Article continues by saying Elaine married a Mr Fairfax and for two years she toured with her husband as a theatrical performer under the name of Elaine Fairfax. She was an accomplished painter and accounts say a talented stage performer. I have a report from The Eagle that Elaine died in Virginia in 1915 when her canoe capsized and she was drowned.
I would like to get a photo of Elaine; also any information about her marriage and her theatrical career and details about her death. I hope someone can help so I can complete the sad and short story of her life as she would only have been 23 yrs old when she drowned. I did a general search for her as Elaine Fairfax on google but nothing came up.