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Stanbury, Amadita Diana Oland
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1918-2003
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Amadita Stanbury was born Amadita Diana Oland, the daughter of Sydney and Herlinda deBedia Oland, and the twin of Bruce S. Oland. She spent her early years in Guilford, England; Havana, Cuba; and Hollywood, California, before returning with her family to Halifax, where she was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart School. Later she attended Mount Saint Vincent University, as well as studying in Lausanne, Paris and London. She married Norman Stanbury in 1938, with whom she had six children. She was active in her support of the arts, including the Canadian Opera Company, the London Theatre Company, Kiwanis Music Festival and Neptune Theatre. She also served as chair of Mount Saint Vincent University's Project One—Futures for Women and was an early recipient of the university's Alumnae Award of Distinction. She died in 2003.
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Oland, Bruce, 1918-2009
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family
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Amadita Oland Stanbury was the twin sister of Bruce Oland.
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Oland, Sidney, b. 1886
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Amandita Oland Stanbury was the daughter of Sidney C. Oland.