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==Early life and education==
Chisholm was born in Dumbarton onin the 20th of December, 18681872.<ref name=":0">{{Cite webnews |date=12 April 2012 |title=Roderick Robert Chisholm: Men associated with greatness |url=https://www.findagraveproquest.com/memorial/172160768newspapers/roderick-robert-chisholm/docview/1001025436/se-2 |access-date=2024-0702-2125 |websitework=www.findagrave.comBelfast Telegraph |languagevia=en-GB[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> FromBeginning 1881in onwards1881, the family residedlived withinin the village of [[Old Kilpatrick]], until a decade afterwards where in 1891 they were recorded to be living in[[Dunbartonshire]], [[ClydebankScotland]].
 
==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=www.titanicbelfast.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roderick Chisholm |url=https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/Roderick_Chisholm |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.titanic.fandom.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>