Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd
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* \1 w6 E# a$ F  _7 ONo 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.

Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
1 U, F7 i" K# u; J8 r: U" IPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
' M' P0 A& W1 Zhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
" e' W0 f6 o9 O* s7 D3 k" ]2 HJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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+ ?) @- M9 b& g/ }" E+ l2 |3 ]The 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
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4 \2 K1 _# i5 z. t# |'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
4 H5 p9 ^1 W0 C1 X2 e1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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( c* \9 }+ _$ V3 L2 ?, R$ HCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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% v  g* E# |' f* u7 o3 ~: dSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
- o7 b& f' z7 ktheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

* I6 P2 b# l  M2 b! I9 i4 \Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
$ ]6 h& @$ r$ S7 z& F% ksketch for her genealogy research:
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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..


Beginning 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
* q* G2 u( M9 rPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
, i& F8 i7 K+ }" {* s0 f% s# [3 Fcollapsed."
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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