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'''Roderick Chisholm''' (20 December 1868 – 15 April 1912) was a Scottish shipbuilder. He co-designed the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] with [[Thomas Andrews]]. He died when the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|''Titanic'' sank on her maiden voyage]].
==Early life and education==
His father, James Chisholm (born in 1832), came from [[Urray]], a village in [[Ross-shire]] County and was a master of ships; the mother, Sophia Voaden (born in 1841), was originally from the county of [[Devon]]. The couple had married in Devon in 1860 and had eight children: James sr. (1861), Duncan (1863), James jr. (1864), Mary (1866), '''Roderick''', Charlotte (1871), John (1877) and Jessie (1879).
Beginning in 1881, the family lived in the village of [[Old Kilpatrick]], in [[Dunbartonshire]], [[Scotland]];
== Career == in 1891 he moved to [[Clydebank]]. At that time, Roderick became a ship designer and a few years later moved to [[Belfast]], being hired by [[Harland and Wolff]]. His skill led him, in the years to come, to the design of the [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']] and ''Titanic'' transatlantic. 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.
===On the ''Titanic''
Chisholm was one of the select employees of Harland and Wolff to oversee the smooth running of ''Titanic''{{'s}} maiden voyage.
In the night of 14 April 1912, the ''Titanic'' fatally impacted an iceberg sinking hours later; Chisholm died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. Its assets amounted to about 140 pounds, of which the widow became beneficiary.
== Personal life and legacy ==
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 James. 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.
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