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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Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
/ ]5 w: L+ i" R* k( |0 _8 v+ o8 R; \Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
3 \7 b5 d& g4 X- K, WJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.

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4 P' D- V5 E% V: ]) |2 ?0 }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.

% c/ Q! {" g# w# f( oCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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0 w+ e" K4 A# q8 u( @Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:

+ Y6 k( O/ ^" }1 V; s" G% U"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
. Z  J) `2 m- c4 m4 f; fbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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! ?" Q. ^1 j) U2 qBeginning 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
# ]2 R+ _% v0 `$ N& wPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."

% D6 i8 ]  e4 x% A# jNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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