Soil survey job stops when the ground freezes in winter, 1959. ‹ Previous Plans to visit family in Dublin at Christmas had to be postponed as Eileen was due to have their first child in February, September 1959. Next › Bill, Eileen, Philomena and baby Patrick, 1961. Soil survey job stops when the ground freezes in winter, 1959. Eileen encourages Bill to apply for a permanent position with the federal government.