Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd
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* P2 w) z- y( t7 YNo 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
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
9 Y" }( J/ j: G3 z* `Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
+ a# b) R8 @# F- }4 E1 a1 Z4 xhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
" @3 Z% _4 y9 e/ k& _" JJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

7 ]* C: b' x4 K5 OThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:
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/ G2 `" i' ^5 E, J4 k+ W7 F, `$ ['Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
+ W  h8 u2 k" E% p4 T1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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1 n0 v& C3 y8 u+ C; n7 NCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

& X1 N3 k3 M2 M- YSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
8 N& c* P) d% I& E* @their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
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; r: ]+ L" I# n, u6 K* n, w"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
' O  V9 g2 L9 e* b& b+ }- sassets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..


4 S% [+ q# l: ABeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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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
- o( d3 @- B% B2 o, Y& yfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
) _5 Y/ D' Y) ~6 o* }5 Kcollapsed."
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  Y8 _- P6 }+ _- HNOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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