Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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$ O& D3 |' D* R* ?3 X/ Y# S  iRemus Rudd

No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
# I/ x4 h0 \1 HVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.

Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
" U: D# o8 J  U* B& B7 a  [doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
3 B8 S6 v! K2 ]* P1 l* Bhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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7 v0 h  ]) r+ K9 B# V% Z1 fThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
1 u# m5 u+ @. I; [, [; N' G/ athe Manitoba Provincial Jail.


% G* T8 o$ o2 h  E6 y( k' @On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:
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'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
# z- o" h5 |3 ^; @# q- }4 Y1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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) u, z2 F2 L' @# V6 lCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

) `4 P+ k$ {( t# RSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
( i, z5 U2 {( a/ ?9 L$ Atheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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2 `' S! G8 p7 |7 EBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
, t. M: A! p& M* Msketch for her genealogy research:
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"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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. n0 |; @3 ?3 a6 Y- i4 hBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
8 T4 w5 c4 L5 U# g9 @Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
; d, B9 ~: {4 k: h5 Zcollapsed."

* I9 x+ \. b1 }2 T2 PNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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