Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd

7 S8 O, |, b" 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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; k  h5 k# ~, aJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
! w3 B& O, f. M; ]# J7 m) Mdoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime 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.

8 @# h( L6 W4 i8 ^The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
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" |; U3 ?" f' l- P9 rOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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4 v1 d. D' W' L. F'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
! D  l. u) R. X7 g6 F1 [1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.

Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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& J. M/ Y5 O% E/ }So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
1 i+ N5 k4 m& f  _( p- ~their 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
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
1 u# I. _% ?3 F0 [$ @  Vassets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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8 g+ @+ K$ Z' d9 X5 @Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

- C7 O, J3 ]4 _/ _( u8 D6 mIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
" }; ?3 u# b4 C# a0 y; H# uPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
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1 \$ E5 t: x) v  M/ A3 c! o! INOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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