Charles Morackas

Charles Morackas was born about 1884 and married Maggie Campbell in Cumnock in 1907.
His address was 57 Highhouse Row, Auchinleck and her address was Elbow Lane, Cumnock. They were married in St John's RC church in Cumnock on 8th Jun 1907.  He was a coal miner son of Joseph Morackas a farmer deceased and Jeanie Broscaska. (Writing is hard to read.)

In 1911 they were at 3 Bank Lane, Cumnock and had 2 children Jane 3 and Thomas 1. He was born in Germany and of Polish nationality.

Other children are Margaret born about 1911, Charles born about 1915 and Annie born about 1916

He died  on 20th March 1918 at The Strand in Cumnock age 32. Cause of death is illegible.  His widow married a William Curran in 1927 and she died in Cumnock in 1974 aged 91.

I can find no record of him on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission but he does appear on Cumnock War Memorial as having served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

Update 30 Jan 2015: I found his military service record. He was discharged from the army because he was suffering from pulmonary TB, not caused by military service but exacerbated by it.  He spent some time in Glenafton Sanatorium.

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All of the other information is from the Scottish general records office scotlandspeople.gov.uk
It seems there are still descendants living in Ayrshire. it would be great to hear from them.

If anyone knows more about the family and what brought Charles to Ayrshire, please get in touch via comments below or by email cumnockhistory [at] icloud.com