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Oakland is a borough comprised of 8.6 square miles in Bergen County, New Jersey, in close proximity to New York City. As of the US 2000 Census, the population was 12,466. Also, in 2000, 14% of Oakland residents report German ancestry, and 16% report Irish.
Oakland was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1902, from portions of Franklin Township. |
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| The Next 6 Years -
We
moved from Pompton Lakes to our new home at:
161 Page Drive
Oakland, N.J.
(State names were abbreviated, but not like today - notice the periods; and zip codes weren't introduced to the public until 1963, about the time we were leaving New Jersey)
Even phone numbers were different then...ours
was FEderal 7-8769.
This part of my life is where I do have some memory, but not a lot. Most of what happens in New Jersey ... stays in New Jersey ... and we left in 1963.
What follows is the story and the pictures of the 6 years the Lachance family spent in Oakland.
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Oakland, NJ Links
Other links are within this page.
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The house was purchased, new, for something in the neighborhood of $13,500 - complete. I do not know how much it sold for in 1963 when we left. Much like everything else, however, this home has increased in value. I checked the tax records for Oakland in 2007 and found the information at right.
While under construction, mother was keeping a watchful eye, visiting the job site almost daily. The painter would always greet her by saying "here comes carrot-eyes" again. Seems she had a knack for finding each and every flaw and, I understand the concept. |
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- 61 Page Dr
- Oakland Boro, NJ
- Block: 3601 Lot: 5
- Width: 125 X Depth: 175
- Land: 294,800.00
- Build: 129,600.00
- Total $424,400.00
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Evolution - 50+ years...Things certainly do change over time, don't they! - Click to open full size  |
1957 - Shortly before we move in |
1958 - Home Sweet Home |
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1994 - We've been gone 30+ years |
2004 - Ten Years After |
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If we are A Nation of Immigrants - Our neighborhood was well represented! |
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Larry with Dad
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Genealogy allows one to take notice of names, even when they are not our own, and names sometimes give us insight as to origins. If the United States is a "melting pot" of immigrants, our neighborhood in Oakland at the time looked like a snapshot of the nation. Some of our neighbors included: Litcher, Riccio, Kazerski, Mayer, Guillerm, Rockwell, Worshek, Hutchinson, Ahlers, Schneider, Hertel, Cagiano, Leonardo, and Gaylor, among several others. |
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I took a satellite image from the net showing the houses and marked it with the names of the families that lived nearby in 1962. They are not only neighbors but many childhood friends, some of which I will never forget. Click on the image below to open it full size in your browser. |
More of Oakland pictures and memories on page 2 |
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