Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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Remus Rudd

/ H$ }4 n6 ~- ]; R7 n; g- RNo 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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Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
& l! I# J6 `8 n) b: r: rPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
- P# U# N3 s& A9 R* u( k4 ?1 ^hanged 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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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:

'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
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Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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& |- e2 n/ _" I/ V5 j. ?8 DSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

/ L( p4 T, U+ K( \4 DBelieve 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
6 o8 g. A, I/ \3 N) W3 Vbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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Beginning 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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1 D) w/ f7 [2 \5 P( e2 }$ i3 W! mIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
$ f# F. Q0 a  Y7 t. D8 o) R* wfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."

7 T$ N. X$ T  F0 R( q. E. h  FNOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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