Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
; _8 w: w4 C0 o7 O7 WRemus Rudd

* G2 p% |3 d2 `/ F, A$ `" }No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
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2 o0 ?" O+ j) n; C  |3 yJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
% l9 u, o' s( O8 lPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
* F8 `/ Q: P8 A2 a3 Ahanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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  |4 l+ H8 Z1 k" }The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.

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8 [- u9 J$ p( v1 J$ D2 VOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:

"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
+ [, |9 h* H% d& A5 u  B( Fbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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: C; O' H# y" D7 `, |Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
  I2 K+ s# k: `: n: n4 W1 Dservice, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.
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In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
: y  D* {, X2 T' {2 O) SPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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