Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
5 B& h5 B6 i8 W4 P, r' JRemus Rudd

No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
/ J( K: a7 [: F" fVERY 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
6 @( L+ ?5 Q9 s  m" W7 }; Hdoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
: Z8 q1 \/ ?( K  y9 D) y8 wPrime 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.

" W0 p& w9 o% ^& |- d7 j# ?7 W# TThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
8 }7 i: c" A  s1 gthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.

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* a0 s% _9 U4 o5 }4 v- Q- FOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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% t6 H  M$ t3 }8 @9 C  A'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
; W, C4 ^( b1 A$ O/ A! e1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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& f% D! }& [  i. ?" ]Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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- p9 w3 s7 b/ c6 rSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
" N0 Z: P" I2 _: J" |; ?their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
0 w  _( p6 B) y! ?) ssketch for her genealogy research:
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' W& G" R& p' U"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
2 M. l9 Q' h& V4 gassets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..


Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
0 u- J! Q4 [0 [. A) gservice, 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
, w* v: |6 t4 b; a* A- m: MPolice 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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