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|nationality = British

|birth_name = Roderick Chisholm

|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1868|12|20|df=yes}}

|birth_place = [[Dumbarton]], [[Dunbartonshire]], Scotland

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1912|4|15|1868|12|20|df=yes}}|death_place = {{RMS|Titanic}}, Atlantic Ocean

|known_for = Co-designer – {{RMS|Titanic}}

|occupation = [[Shipbuilding|Shipbuilder]]

|spouse = Susan Anderson (1897 – 19121897–1912) (his death)

|children =

* Alice Chisholm (1897-20021897–2002)

*James Chisholm (1899-19601899–1960)

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==Biography==

===First years and career===

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]]; 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]] and Titanic transatlantic.

In [[1897]], he married Susan Anderson in [[Lisburn]], [[County Down]]; the couple had two children: Alice (1897-20021897–2002) and James (1899-19601899–1960), both born in Belfast.

===On the Titanic and posterity===

Chisholm was one of the select employees of Harland and Wolff to oversee the smooth running of the Titanic maiden voyage.

In the night of April 14, April 1912, the Titanic fatally impacted an iceberg sinking hours later; Chisholm could not save himself and died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. Its assets amounted to about 140 pounds, of which the widow became beneficiary.

His wife remained at Sandford Avenue, in [[Pottinger (District Electoral Area)|Pottinger]] (Belfast) for the rest of her life and died on 22 February 22, 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 (1894-19761894–1976) and died on 11 February 11, 2002 at the age of 104 and she is also buried in the Roselawn Cemetery.

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