Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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Remus Rudd

No 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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6 r- s" C& s4 n3 y7 d# _  IJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
7 B. d4 I4 F5 b* zdoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
7 E7 {; O8 Z" b  A0 D7 OPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
/ o8 n/ J) b+ ?6 h; ~hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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# b3 z7 x( [' \/ ~The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:
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'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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/ r2 L2 R" ?7 |0 k+ k; E6 MCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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. ^( w; c% |% C+ ?# L, zSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
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- I( ?4 v: R6 I4 p7 `Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
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; t4 L: ~( z: f0 y6 K# B/ \"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
" s9 Y) m- E2 |% Obusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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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
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function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
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0 N& i& \/ J. X; ?" [( O5 W) nNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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