Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
& q- i0 e5 o: \( Z) RRemus Rudd
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No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
* B* I& Y# N- {2 J5 H8 jVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.
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( K! r; a# K# }% uJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
' X9 P: R9 P. e! a& W, q) tdoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
  E; {6 v  F3 eJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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. @8 h: u, H8 \- h" tThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
# ~' ~1 {1 r! M% ^$ uthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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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
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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.

* I  m( r7 D4 r. O$ kBelieve 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
! M) G$ K: O0 Jbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..

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+ F6 L8 Y, c; n( R3 uBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
: E& k- G/ R' w" r! O1 tservice, 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
# i! Z1 _7 l3 k+ kPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
' y; D' ?1 S4 J: Q9 C; rfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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