Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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" Q5 j1 q4 B! j' J3 RRemus Rudd
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No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
; n1 e0 d, x& |$ A4 Y' y7 BVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.
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Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
, K# P  r$ \% ?& ~2 odoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
+ }! ~' A% b6 m# F3 Y* [! OPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
. O) [. t# ]4 F) [' B: j  e2 hJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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* {! X( J# j/ s8 D( g, bThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
- n) G+ O8 H& U$ ?- Qthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.


On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:

; H8 D3 K- q) e'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
( T1 v6 ^; Q* n( V; Z1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

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their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:

' w- p/ U3 C' x, h$ o"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
3 s& v9 p6 D0 i8 q2 w3 Qbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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2 a: U0 h" F* w3 D6 \- FBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

3 ]1 d0 R$ h) d8 ^In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
/ ?+ X& L6 p, E& J0 Y. ~1 Tfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."
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% x/ N% h$ o) x! M2 u% ~" w) |NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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