Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
" t# r7 o0 U/ h* |% p6 J/ kRemus Rudd
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; i2 h4 C5 U7 n& f0 |5 A- pNo 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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Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
; G( U6 S% `0 x: Edoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
8 W0 K* g  v/ j5 p* j4 B" h4 r. MPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

1 \! l" ]+ N- y0 F' nThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.


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

'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
4 A  Y" q8 ?8 _) Z1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

* P. Q" Y' T4 o; kSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
+ z1 V: c, R/ ]: k# [5 stheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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: r4 f7 ]2 Z& Z, C. I+ g% K1 LBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:
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"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
8 j3 r, s2 W' @) abusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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" }7 W* l) U! x8 p6 f) ~4 ZBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.
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0 k2 I: H- i0 ~; d& w) f3 N0 l5 cIn 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
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."
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7 I  d0 K# f$ j' O, vNOW That's how it's done, Folks!