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==Early life and education==
Chisholm was born in Dumbarton in 1872.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=12 April 2012 |title=Roderick Chisholm: Men associated with greatness |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/roderick-chisholm/docview/1001025436/se-2 |access-date=2024-02-25 |work=Belfast Telegraph |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> Beginning in 1881, the family lived in the village of [[Old Kilpatrick]], in [[Dunbartonshire]],
==Occupation==
in 1891 Chisholm moved to [[Clydebank]]. He worked for [[Harland & Wolff|Harland and Wolff]] at their Clyde works.<ref name=":0" />{{verify inline|date=July 2024}} The subsequent year, he moved to [[Belfast]] to work in their primary shipyards, where he rapidly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a draftsman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roderick Chisholm |url=https://www.titanicbelfast.com/history-of-titanic/titanic-stories/roderick-chisholm/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=
At some point over the next six years, he met his wife, Susan Anderson, before subsequently marrying her in [[Lisburn]], County Down in 1897; They had two children, Alice in 1897, and James in 1899. They moved into the Pottinger area of eastern Belfast shortly afterwards.
===''Titanic''===
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Throughout the voyage on ''Titanic'', he participated in regular inspection of her mechanisms as well as functions, routinely writing notes regarding their overall status before disclosing them with Andrews. Should any anomalies have been discovered during the journey, they were swiftly recorded within the ships' entries in the logbook. She then would have underwent immediate changes as soon as possible following the maiden voyage. Chisholm regularly spent his leisure within first class discussing business and politics amongst other passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voyage and Outcome |url=https://roderickchisholm.wordpress.com/voyage-and-outcome/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.roderickchisholm.wordpress.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
On the night of 14 April 1912, the ''Titanic'' fatally struck an iceberg before sinking two hours and fourty-minutes later; Chisholm never survived.<ref>''Belfast Weekly News'', 25 April 1912, The Queen's Island Representatives.</ref> His body, if recovered, was never identified.<ref>''Larne Times'', 27 April 1912, Queen's Island, a day of mourning.</ref> His assets amounted to about 140 pounds, of which his widow became the beneficiary, worth just over £20,000 in modern terms, on 10 June 1912.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roderick Chisholm - Member of the Harland & Wolff Guarantee Group |url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/roderick-chisholm.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=
== Personal life and legacy ==
In 1897, he married Susan Anderson in [[Lisburn]], County Down; the couple had two children: Alice (1897–2002) and James (1899–1960), both born in [[Belfast]].{{fact|date=July 2024}}
His wife remained at Sandford Avenue, in [[Pottinger (District Electoral Area)|Pottinger]] (Belfast) for the rest of her life and died on 22 February 1961 at the age of 87. She is buried in [[Roselawn Cemetery]], Belfast, with her son and daughter. His daughter Alice married in Belfast in 1919 with Alfred McCambley (1894–1976) and died on 11 February 2002 at the age of 104 and she is also buried in the Roselawn Cemetery. His son James, never marrying, later followed his own profession as a draughtsman, and received ownership of his late father's residence until he died on 18 September 1960.
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