Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd

3 Q: n4 m+ N+ c( 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.

Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
5 r# Z# N* a' L$ y2 D7 `doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
) Y3 |' z/ Y( i4 @Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
; M8 D: u) p& s1 w6 Ghanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
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' S- z; J6 L/ u7 N7 r! ~3 ~On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:

9 }& j/ w4 K! k, }: j) y'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.

Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
8 u; j$ f9 ~( _5 Etheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe 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
' E) [9 q& O9 X& @( o" Mbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..

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) C3 A& n4 \* n3 X- fBeginning 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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2 K- n% A0 {# VIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
; M& S2 X0 @; sPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
+ E& `4 `0 _6 U1 A) qfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
1 b5 h* U8 y; L' }3 Y+ \6 @5 `% Mcollapsed."

/ l2 G& A6 @3 {7 v+ t  qNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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