Thanks to Joseph Garvey for this tip. The Oaklands was the name of the house owned by the Overington Family that sat in Overington Park. In his own words:
Several years ago we blogged about the Overington Mansion. As a young child I would listen to my older neighbors on Pilling Street gossip about the Overington’s and how beautiful the house was. So I wanted to know who the Overington’s were. Recently you received an email from Sandi Gammon about Overington Park and that she was pleased that the park was being cared for by the Frankford Garden Club. Her great grandmother lived there “Poppy Overington” So I had to get in with touch with her. We emailed each other and she has a website about her family tree and tons of pictures of the Overington’s and the mansion. I thought you and your readers would enjoy her new site. Please feel free and leave a comment on site.
The link to the site is here and it has quite a few pictures that I have not seen before. This one below is a picture of part of the celebration marking the opening of the Frankford El in November of 1922. The Overingtons are in the group of people on the carriage.
