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[td]==Career==[/td] [td][[File:Mr. & Mrs. John Scholer of Austria & Edgar L.G. Prochnik at W.H., 5-18-25 LCCN2016839902.jpg|thumb|left|Prochnik with former [[Chancellor of Austria]] [[Johann Schober]] and his wife, at the [[White House]], 1925]][/td]
[td][[File:Mr. & Mrs. John Scholer of Austria & Edgar L.G. Prochnik at W.H., 5-18-25 LCCN2016839902.jpg|thumb|left|Prochnik with former [[Chancellor of Austria]] [[Johann Schober]] and his wife, at the [[White House]], 1925]][/td] [td]From 1905 to 1912, Prochnik was the Austrian consular [[attachΓ©]] and [[Consul (representative)|consul]] in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Cleveland]], and [[Chicago]].<ref name="georgetown"/> On 2 January 1912, Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] approved the establishment of an [[Imperial and Royal]] Consulate in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] and appointed Prochnik as consul. He held this position until June 1920 when he was appointed Austrian [[Consul General]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="1920Consul">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York |title=AUSTRIA APPOINTS CONSUL.; Edgar Prochnik, Formerly at St. Paul, to Go to Washington. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/07/04/...-st-paul-to-go-to.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 July 1920}}</ref> He was promoted to ''[[ChargΓ© d'affaires|ChargΓ©s d'affaires ad interim]]'' on 2 December 1921. On 7 May 1925, he was accredited as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and presented his credentials to President [[Calvin Coolidge]] the next day, 8 May 1925.<ref name="1925Envoy">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=AUSTRIA'S FIRST ENVOY RECEIVED BY COOLIDGE; Minister Prochnik Thanks United States for Aiding Republic After War. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/08/...r-prochnik-thanks.html?searchResultPosition=7 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 May 1925}}</ref><ref name="1937Entertains">{{cite news |title=BARON PANTZ ENTERTAINS; Gives Tea for Austrian Minister and Mrs. Edgar Prochnik |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/02/...-minister-and-mrs.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 April 1937}}</ref> He served as Envoy and Minister until 13 March 1938 when the legation was closed and his mission was terminated due to the [[Anschluss]] with Germany.<ref name="austria">{{cite web |title=Former Ambassadors |url=https://www.austria.org/former-ambassadors-to-the-us |website=www.austria.org |publisher=Austria in USA |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td]
[td]From 1905 to 1912, Prochnik was the Austrian consular [[attachΓ©]] and [[Consul (representative)|consul]] in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Cleveland]], and [[Chicago]].<ref name="georgetown"/> On 2 January 1912, Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] approved the establishment of an [[Imperial and Royal]] Consulate in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] and appointed Prochnik as consul. He held this position until June 1920 when he was appointed Austrian [[Consul General]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="1920Consul">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York |title=AUSTRIA APPOINTS CONSUL.; Edgar Prochnik, Formerly at St. Paul, to Go to Washington. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/07/04/...-st-paul-to-go-to.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 July 1920}}</ref> He was promoted to ''[[ChargΓ© d'affaires|ChargΓ©s d'affaires ad interim]]'' on 2 December 1921. On 7 May 1925, he was accredited as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and presented his credentials to President [[Calvin Coolidge]] the next day, 8 May 1925.<ref name="1925Envoy">{{cite news |title=AUSTRIA'S FIRST ENVOY RECEIVED BY COOLIDGE; Minister Prochnik Thanks United States for Aiding Republic After War. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/08/...r-prochnik-thanks.html?searchResultPosition=7 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 May 1925}}</ref><ref name="1937Entertains">{{cite news |title=BARON PANTZ ENTERTAINS; Gives Tea for Austrian Minister and Mrs. Edgar Prochnik |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/02/...-minister-and-mrs.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 April 1937}}</ref> He served as Envoy and Minister until 13 March 1938 when the legation was closed and his mission was terminated due to the [[Anschluss]] with Germany.<ref name="austria">{{cite web |title=Former Ambassadors |url=https://www.austria.org/former-ambassadors-to-the-us |website=www.austria.org |publisher=Austria in USA |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]===Later life===[/td]
[td]===Later life===[/td] [td]Prochnik was twice married, both times to American woman. His first wife was Mary Seibert Batchelder (1889β1912), a daughter of David James Batchelder Jr., vice-president of Tremont Lumber Company of Chicago which had mills in [[Eros, Louisiana]]. Before her death in 1912, they were the parents of a daughter:[/td]
[td]Prochnik was twice married, both times to American woman. His first wife was Mary Seibert Batchelder (1889β1912), a daughter of David James Batchelder Jr., vice-president of Tremont Lumber Company of Chicago which had mills in [[Eros, Louisiana]]. Before her death in 1912, they were the parents of a daughter:[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]* Loranda Stephanie Prochnik (1911β1988), who married Francis Lecompte Spalding Sr. in 1931.<ref name="1931Wedding">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=AUSTRIAN ENVOY'S DAUGHTER TO WED; Loranda Prochnik to Marry F. Le C. Spalding--Her Father Is Minister to Washington. WEDDING EARLY IN SUMMER Miss Prochnik a Debutante of Last Winter--Her Flance Preparing for Diplomatic Career. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/21/...k-to-marry-f-le-c.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 January 1931}}</ref> They divorced and she married Kenneth Kershner Leavitt.<ref name="Maxwell1981">{{cite book |last1=Maxwell |first1=Mary Kershner |title=The Kershner Families of Maryland, 1731-1977 |date=1981 |publisher=Kershner Family Association |page=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CZWAAAAMAAJ |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Loranda Stephanie Prochnik (1911β1988), who married Francis Lecompte Spalding Sr. in 1931.<ref name="1931Wedding">{{cite news |title=AUSTRIAN ENVOY'S DAUGHTER TO WED; Loranda Prochnik to Marry F. Le C. Spalding--Her Father Is Minister to Washington. WEDDING EARLY IN SUMMER Miss Prochnik a Debutante of Last Winter--Her Flance Preparing for Diplomatic Career. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/21/...k-to-marry-f-le-c.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 January 1931}}</ref> They divorced and she married Kenneth Kershner Leavitt.<ref name="Maxwell1981">{{cite book |last1=Maxwell |first1=Mary Kershner |title=The Kershner Families of Maryland, 1731-1977 |date=1981 |publisher=Kershner Family Association |page=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CZWAAAAMAAJ |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In 1915 in [[Boston]], he married Gretchen Stirling James (1892β1984), a daughter of Edward Preston James and Lillian Stirling ({{nee}} Price) James. After they left the Embassy, they lived at 1813 24th Street in Washington.<ref name="Larkin1942">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the East |date=1942 |publisher=Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin |page=1704 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPP4MvNnc_QC |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of:[/td]
[td]In 1915 in [[Boston]], he married Gretchen Stirling James (1892β1984), a daughter of Edward Preston James and Lillian Stirling ({{nee}} Price) James. After they left the Embassy, they lived at 1813 24th Street in Washington.<ref name="Larkin1942">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the East |date=1942 |publisher=Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin |page=1704 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPP4MvNnc_QC |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of:[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]* Valerie Stirling Prochnik (1916β2006), who married Jean Raymond Louis De Sibour, a son of Viscount [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], in 1936.<ref name="1935Engagement">{{cite news |last1=TIblg |first1=Special to TiE NEW YORK |title=Austrian Minister Announces Engagement Of Daughter, Valerie, to John R. de Sibour |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/26/...r-valerie-to-john.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=26 September 1935}}</ref><ref name="1936Wedding">{{cite news |last1=TIMES |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=VALERIE PROCHNIK WED IN WASHINGTON; Daughter of Austrian Envoy Becomes Bride of Jean de Sibour, Viscount's Son. MANY DIPLOMATS GUESTS Most Rev. A.G. Cigognani, the Apostolic Delegate, Performs the Ceremony. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/02/...of-austrian-envoy.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 June 1936}}</ref> They divorced and she married Thomas Rush Ragland Jr. in 1968.<ref name="1968Wedding">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=Mrs. de Sibour Wed To Tom Ragland Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/03/31/...to-tom-ragland-jr.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1968}}</ref><ref name="1970Wedding">{{cite news |title=Stephanie S. de Sibour Plans Wedding to L. S. Stinchcomb |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/01/...o-l-s-stinchcomb.html?searchResultPosition=19 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 February 1970}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Valerie Stirling Prochnik (1916β2006), who married Jean Raymond Louis De Sibour, a son of Viscount [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], in 1936.<ref name="1935Engagement">{{cite news |last1=TIblg |first1=Special to TiE NEW YORK |title=Austrian Minister Announces Engagement Of Daughter, Valerie, to John R. de Sibour |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/26/...r-valerie-to-john.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=26 September 1935}}</ref><ref name="1936Wedding">{{cite news |title=VALERIE PROCHNIK WED IN WASHINGTON; Daughter of Austrian Envoy Becomes Bride of Jean de Sibour, Viscount's Son. MANY DIPLOMATS GUESTS Most Rev. A.G. Cigognani, the Apostolic Delegate, Performs the Ceremony. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/02/...of-austrian-envoy.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 June 1936}}</ref> They divorced and she married Thomas Rush Ragland Jr. in 1968.<ref name="1968Wedding">{{cite news |title=Mrs. de Sibour Wed To Tom Ragland Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/03/31/...to-tom-ragland-jr.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1968}}</ref><ref name="1970Wedding">{{cite news |title=Stephanie S. de Sibour Plans Wedding to L. S. Stinchcomb |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/01/...o-l-s-stinchcomb.html?searchResultPosition=19 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 February 1970}}</ref>[/td] [td]* Edgar Stirling Prochnik (1920β1996),<ref name="ESPObit1996">{{cite news |title=Edgar S. Prochnik |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-democrat/112769360/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The Star-Democrat]] |date=11 January 1996 |pages=6}}</ref> an executive with [[Union Carbide]] who married Martha Holman, a daughter of H. Russell Holman, in 1954.<ref name="fhnfuneralhome">{{cite web |title=Martha Holman Prochnik Obituary |url=https://www.fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Martha-Holman-Prochnik/#!/TributeWall |website=www.fhnfuneralhome.com |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Edgar Stirling Prochnik (1920β1996),<ref name="ESPObit1996">{{cite news |title=Edgar S. Prochnik |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-democrat/112769360/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The Star-Democrat]] |date=11 January 1996 |pages=6}}</ref> an executive with [[Union Carbide]] who married Martha Holman, a daughter of H. Russell Holman, in 1954.<ref name="fhnfuneralhome">{{cite web |title=Martha Holman Prochnik Obituary |url=https://www.fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Martha-Holman-Prochnik/#!/TributeWall |website=www.fhnfuneralhome.com |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td]* Patricia Stirling Prochnik (1921β1996), who married economist Samuel Nakasian, who was previously married to Patricia Dohrenwend,<ref name="1945Wedding">{{cite news |title=MISS DOHRENWEND A BRIDE; Bayside Girl Married in Great Neck to Samuel Nakasian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/09/02/...-in-great-neck-to.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 September 1945}}</ref> in 1951.<ref name="1993Wedding">{{cite news |title=WEDDINGS; A. P. Nakasian, Joseph Jenkins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/...an-joseph-jenkins.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 May 1993}}</ref><ref name="fordlibrarymuseum">{{cite web |title=The Holton-Arms School |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/s...f_documents/library/document/0126/1489916.pdf |website=www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Patricia Stirling Prochnik (1921β1996), who married economist Samuel Nakasian, who was previously married to Patricia Dohrenwend,<ref name="1945Wedding">{{cite news |title=MISS DOHRENWEND A BRIDE; Bayside Girl Married in Great Neck to Samuel Nakasian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/09/02/...-in-great-neck-to.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 September 1945}}</ref> in 1951.<ref name="1993Wedding">{{cite news |title=WEDDINGS; A. P. Nakasian, Joseph Jenkins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/...an-joseph-jenkins.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 May 1993}}</ref><ref name="fordlibrarymuseum">{{cite web |title=The Holton-Arms School |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/s...f_documents/library/document/0126/1489916.pdf |website=www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td]
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[/td][td]==Career==[/td] [td][[File:Mr. & Mrs. John Scholer of Austria & Edgar L.G. Prochnik at W.H., 5-18-25 LCCN2016839902.jpg|thumb|left|Prochnik with former [[Chancellor of Austria]] [[Johann Schober]] and his wife, at the [[White House]], 1925]][/td]
[td][[File:Mr. & Mrs. John Scholer of Austria & Edgar L.G. Prochnik at W.H., 5-18-25 LCCN2016839902.jpg|thumb|left|Prochnik with former [[Chancellor of Austria]] [[Johann Schober]] and his wife, at the [[White House]], 1925]][/td] [td]From 1905 to 1912, Prochnik was the Austrian consular [[attachΓ©]] and [[Consul (representative)|consul]] in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Cleveland]], and [[Chicago]].<ref name="georgetown"/> On 2 January 1912, Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] approved the establishment of an [[Imperial and Royal]] Consulate in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] and appointed Prochnik as consul. He held this position until June 1920 when he was appointed Austrian [[Consul General]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="1920Consul">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York |title=AUSTRIA APPOINTS CONSUL.; Edgar Prochnik, Formerly at St. Paul, to Go to Washington. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/07/04/...-st-paul-to-go-to.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 July 1920}}</ref> He was promoted to ''[[ChargΓ© d'affaires|ChargΓ©s d'affaires ad interim]]'' on 2 December 1921. On 7 May 1925, he was accredited as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and presented his credentials to President [[Calvin Coolidge]] the next day, 8 May 1925.<ref name="1925Envoy">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=AUSTRIA'S FIRST ENVOY RECEIVED BY COOLIDGE; Minister Prochnik Thanks United States for Aiding Republic After War. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/08/...r-prochnik-thanks.html?searchResultPosition=7 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 May 1925}}</ref><ref name="1937Entertains">{{cite news |title=BARON PANTZ ENTERTAINS; Gives Tea for Austrian Minister and Mrs. Edgar Prochnik |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/02/...-minister-and-mrs.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 April 1937}}</ref> He served as Envoy and Minister until 13 March 1938 when the legation was closed and his mission was terminated due to the [[Anschluss]] with Germany.<ref name="austria">{{cite web |title=Former Ambassadors |url=https://www.austria.org/former-ambassadors-to-the-us |website=www.austria.org |publisher=Austria in USA |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td]
[td]From 1905 to 1912, Prochnik was the Austrian consular [[attachΓ©]] and [[Consul (representative)|consul]] in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Cleveland]], and [[Chicago]].<ref name="georgetown"/> On 2 January 1912, Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] approved the establishment of an [[Imperial and Royal]] Consulate in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] and appointed Prochnik as consul. He held this position until June 1920 when he was appointed Austrian [[Consul General]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="1920Consul">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York |title=AUSTRIA APPOINTS CONSUL.; Edgar Prochnik, Formerly at St. Paul, to Go to Washington. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/07/04/...-st-paul-to-go-to.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 July 1920}}</ref> He was promoted to ''[[ChargΓ© d'affaires|ChargΓ©s d'affaires ad interim]]'' on 2 December 1921. On 7 May 1925, he was accredited as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and presented his credentials to President [[Calvin Coolidge]] the next day, 8 May 1925.<ref name="1925Envoy">{{cite news |title=AUSTRIA'S FIRST ENVOY RECEIVED BY COOLIDGE; Minister Prochnik Thanks United States for Aiding Republic After War. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/08/...r-prochnik-thanks.html?searchResultPosition=7 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 May 1925}}</ref><ref name="1937Entertains">{{cite news |title=BARON PANTZ ENTERTAINS; Gives Tea for Austrian Minister and Mrs. Edgar Prochnik |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/02/...-minister-and-mrs.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 April 1937}}</ref> He served as Envoy and Minister until 13 March 1938 when the legation was closed and his mission was terminated due to the [[Anschluss]] with Germany.<ref name="austria">{{cite web |title=Former Ambassadors |url=https://www.austria.org/former-ambassadors-to-the-us |website=www.austria.org |publisher=Austria in USA |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]===Later life===[/td]
[td]===Later life===[/td] [td]Prochnik was twice married, both times to American woman. His first wife was Mary Seibert Batchelder (1889β1912), a daughter of David James Batchelder Jr., vice-president of Tremont Lumber Company of Chicago which had mills in [[Eros, Louisiana]]. Before her death in 1912, they were the parents of a daughter:[/td]
[td]Prochnik was twice married, both times to American woman. His first wife was Mary Seibert Batchelder (1889β1912), a daughter of David James Batchelder Jr., vice-president of Tremont Lumber Company of Chicago which had mills in [[Eros, Louisiana]]. Before her death in 1912, they were the parents of a daughter:[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]* Loranda Stephanie Prochnik (1911β1988), who married Francis Lecompte Spalding Sr. in 1931.<ref name="1931Wedding">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=AUSTRIAN ENVOY'S DAUGHTER TO WED; Loranda Prochnik to Marry F. Le C. Spalding--Her Father Is Minister to Washington. WEDDING EARLY IN SUMMER Miss Prochnik a Debutante of Last Winter--Her Flance Preparing for Diplomatic Career. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/21/...k-to-marry-f-le-c.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 January 1931}}</ref> They divorced and she married Kenneth Kershner Leavitt.<ref name="Maxwell1981">{{cite book |last1=Maxwell |first1=Mary Kershner |title=The Kershner Families of Maryland, 1731-1977 |date=1981 |publisher=Kershner Family Association |page=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CZWAAAAMAAJ |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Loranda Stephanie Prochnik (1911β1988), who married Francis Lecompte Spalding Sr. in 1931.<ref name="1931Wedding">{{cite news |title=AUSTRIAN ENVOY'S DAUGHTER TO WED; Loranda Prochnik to Marry F. Le C. Spalding--Her Father Is Minister to Washington. WEDDING EARLY IN SUMMER Miss Prochnik a Debutante of Last Winter--Her Flance Preparing for Diplomatic Career. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/21/...k-to-marry-f-le-c.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 January 1931}}</ref> They divorced and she married Kenneth Kershner Leavitt.<ref name="Maxwell1981">{{cite book |last1=Maxwell |first1=Mary Kershner |title=The Kershner Families of Maryland, 1731-1977 |date=1981 |publisher=Kershner Family Association |page=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CZWAAAAMAAJ |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In 1915 in [[Boston]], he married Gretchen Stirling James (1892β1984), a daughter of Edward Preston James and Lillian Stirling ({{nee}} Price) James. After they left the Embassy, they lived at 1813 24th Street in Washington.<ref name="Larkin1942">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the East |date=1942 |publisher=Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin |page=1704 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPP4MvNnc_QC |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of:[/td]
[td]In 1915 in [[Boston]], he married Gretchen Stirling James (1892β1984), a daughter of Edward Preston James and Lillian Stirling ({{nee}} Price) James. After they left the Embassy, they lived at 1813 24th Street in Washington.<ref name="Larkin1942">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the East |date=1942 |publisher=Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin |page=1704 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPP4MvNnc_QC |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of:[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]* Valerie Stirling Prochnik (1916β2006), who married Jean Raymond Louis De Sibour, a son of Viscount [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], in 1936.<ref name="1935Engagement">{{cite news |last1=TIblg |first1=Special to TiE NEW YORK |title=Austrian Minister Announces Engagement Of Daughter, Valerie, to John R. de Sibour |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/26/...r-valerie-to-john.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=26 September 1935}}</ref><ref name="1936Wedding">{{cite news |last1=TIMES |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=VALERIE PROCHNIK WED IN WASHINGTON; Daughter of Austrian Envoy Becomes Bride of Jean de Sibour, Viscount's Son. MANY DIPLOMATS GUESTS Most Rev. A.G. Cigognani, the Apostolic Delegate, Performs the Ceremony. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/02/...of-austrian-envoy.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 June 1936}}</ref> They divorced and she married Thomas Rush Ragland Jr. in 1968.<ref name="1968Wedding">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=Mrs. de Sibour Wed To Tom Ragland Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/03/31/...to-tom-ragland-jr.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1968}}</ref><ref name="1970Wedding">{{cite news |title=Stephanie S. de Sibour Plans Wedding to L. S. Stinchcomb |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/01/...o-l-s-stinchcomb.html?searchResultPosition=19 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 February 1970}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Valerie Stirling Prochnik (1916β2006), who married Jean Raymond Louis De Sibour, a son of Viscount [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], in 1936.<ref name="1935Engagement">{{cite news |last1=TIblg |first1=Special to TiE NEW YORK |title=Austrian Minister Announces Engagement Of Daughter, Valerie, to John R. de Sibour |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/26/...r-valerie-to-john.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=26 September 1935}}</ref><ref name="1936Wedding">{{cite news |title=VALERIE PROCHNIK WED IN WASHINGTON; Daughter of Austrian Envoy Becomes Bride of Jean de Sibour, Viscount's Son. MANY DIPLOMATS GUESTS Most Rev. A.G. Cigognani, the Apostolic Delegate, Performs the Ceremony. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/02/...of-austrian-envoy.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 June 1936}}</ref> They divorced and she married Thomas Rush Ragland Jr. in 1968.<ref name="1968Wedding">{{cite news |title=Mrs. de Sibour Wed To Tom Ragland Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/03/31/...to-tom-ragland-jr.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1968}}</ref><ref name="1970Wedding">{{cite news |title=Stephanie S. de Sibour Plans Wedding to L. S. Stinchcomb |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/01/...o-l-s-stinchcomb.html?searchResultPosition=19 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 February 1970}}</ref>[/td] [td]* Edgar Stirling Prochnik (1920β1996),<ref name="ESPObit1996">{{cite news |title=Edgar S. Prochnik |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-democrat/112769360/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The Star-Democrat]] |date=11 January 1996 |pages=6}}</ref> an executive with [[Union Carbide]] who married Martha Holman, a daughter of H. Russell Holman, in 1954.<ref name="fhnfuneralhome">{{cite web |title=Martha Holman Prochnik Obituary |url=https://www.fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Martha-Holman-Prochnik/#!/TributeWall |website=www.fhnfuneralhome.com |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Edgar Stirling Prochnik (1920β1996),<ref name="ESPObit1996">{{cite news |title=Edgar S. Prochnik |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-democrat/112769360/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The Star-Democrat]] |date=11 January 1996 |pages=6}}</ref> an executive with [[Union Carbide]] who married Martha Holman, a daughter of H. Russell Holman, in 1954.<ref name="fhnfuneralhome">{{cite web |title=Martha Holman Prochnik Obituary |url=https://www.fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Martha-Holman-Prochnik/#!/TributeWall |website=www.fhnfuneralhome.com |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td]* Patricia Stirling Prochnik (1921β1996), who married economist Samuel Nakasian, who was previously married to Patricia Dohrenwend,<ref name="1945Wedding">{{cite news |title=MISS DOHRENWEND A BRIDE; Bayside Girl Married in Great Neck to Samuel Nakasian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/09/02/...-in-great-neck-to.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 September 1945}}</ref> in 1951.<ref name="1993Wedding">{{cite news |title=WEDDINGS; A. P. Nakasian, Joseph Jenkins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/...an-joseph-jenkins.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 May 1993}}</ref><ref name="fordlibrarymuseum">{{cite web |title=The Holton-Arms School |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/s...f_documents/library/document/0126/1489916.pdf |website=www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td]
[td]* Patricia Stirling Prochnik (1921β1996), who married economist Samuel Nakasian, who was previously married to Patricia Dohrenwend,<ref name="1945Wedding">{{cite news |title=MISS DOHRENWEND A BRIDE; Bayside Girl Married in Great Neck to Samuel Nakasian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/09/02/...-in-great-neck-to.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 September 1945}}</ref> in 1951.<ref name="1993Wedding">{{cite news |title=WEDDINGS; A. P. Nakasian, Joseph Jenkins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/...an-joseph-jenkins.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 May 1993}}</ref><ref name="fordlibrarymuseum">{{cite web |title=The Holton-Arms School |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/s...f_documents/library/document/0126/1489916.pdf |website=www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>[/td]
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