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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle3 ?- j3 u) u; k
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Remus Rudd 3 c5 \" u4 ?5 q8 n* `" a8 m
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No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
" r8 y% B& \5 _3 I7 j" zVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.* R5 z  H( T" s6 Y% o5 |

8 v' Y3 C$ p7 N. A, P( y$ YJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was) V# l) U, t" _$ M" q
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
# v- A. ~5 B% X7 {; _6 jPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
: x% a7 k% D# w. }6 Jhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both6 _1 N' o) ?$ c
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.  v1 S8 O8 n* t+ V
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The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
6 F" ?: s1 s8 p  p  zthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.* C% [# r5 @0 ]% |
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9 K: [5 J' {" `* ]" |On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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  O" a8 s9 C& q! Y. V* ^, ]'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped' J1 ]. O5 Y& ?& T
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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0 |0 a' X  m% fCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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$ X, q, N( P6 z8 v& h3 RSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about6 C# A5 D. ~$ d1 d# b
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.: k$ H) T' \1 |, r9 X( K

4 W/ f" s2 g* D8 g* j+ C: hBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical) R2 C8 A  p* F7 P) J, f. E
sketch for her genealogy research:
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9 R- X4 V  m7 K$ z8 q"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His" ]" d8 x1 w$ z* Q6 U0 K
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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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
0 c7 B" a7 F( j" `, Z+ lPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic, A  ?1 W* N0 p4 ~& H1 ~1 f0 f
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing8 S$ M3 f0 c# \9 C' ^& D; Q4 N8 r
collapsed."
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!& A+ |4 c% {1 X" I/ M

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