Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd
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No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
# o3 ~! P- I0 b4 |+ o8 |9 @! B! GVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.
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% d! \2 f# A2 ^1 a6 K1 _2 B, UJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
. S; ?; M8 B' Rdoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
- Y) a% ^) @' m, q# C9 a) fhanged 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
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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8 d3 i8 O3 L4 w# V, vOn 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.

2 \( j8 U0 U- o, W/ _  ^5 lCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
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, l/ e9 F# I! gBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:

"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
0 T- x! e: {( X3 }7 A1 ]2 ]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
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

5 j5 n$ I# U0 X* V( W6 ]In 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
0 H6 ~# V+ X* N( |# o: ?7 Q8 Q" ufunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."

' ~+ D- i7 t6 a4 zNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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