Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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Remus Rudd
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, U' l3 F* c; j$ {/ V2 y+ I4 K- }6 UNo matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.
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5 ~' M$ y) P* g4 }! u. PJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
9 G5 o( _* N9 K* _+ pPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
2 J  }- w6 g" Z, d  j# p& `( E  WJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

4 H. c& P9 }( z$ l2 t9 |1 L3 NThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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3 ?* g7 v! {, t8 pOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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( c% a7 d5 l# K+ Q! E'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
2 F9 x; G6 s# ^5 g/ Q" M1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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4 ?3 Z. O8 P7 N$ aCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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! \6 C8 s+ ]; F# OSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
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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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8 }( ?6 W; X4 }) b* A! o& z& l" RBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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% b$ E% h3 \( P9 w/ W/ AIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
3 \  x7 k2 ^0 Z$ u8 @0 R! @Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
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collapsed."

! U* D1 X& P2 T2 ]0 lNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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