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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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1 w7 Z) z: f# L, zRemus Rudd 3 l3 H" X8 z" K) f" k( I' e

2 _' O/ g8 x+ j+ qNo matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
3 |* w( j4 |) O: s; v* EVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.6 z$ C) n- n) k/ D8 \
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Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was: g/ s1 i, F* D
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
, W* X" O4 F" E7 `2 V; pPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
$ E, a2 D$ }/ qhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
4 q3 R& C+ j7 d, E/ G) wJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor." I9 `3 U% I2 Z4 H, ^
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The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at9 w5 N2 F; U3 G3 n* A0 y. I) W. |1 `
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.1 N) B' A) U1 w* t. V6 j( T' _

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( n+ G/ \- J" E% |8 p# WOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this2 S- {$ |* O9 \4 }8 ~  n! I
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( `. G. O/ K0 _* q'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped  P' O% M) P' W. u* y
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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! j, |- `0 f% X/ R* HSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
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; d' r% q# v6 D* _/ Z2 kBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
2 p9 o4 l: u) z1 ?/ i1 ]sketch for her genealogy research:+ e# b8 r" ]; ^& x# A" s  {+ B7 F
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"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
2 x, o8 Q+ K" J9 qbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian/ v  @5 C$ G6 p  y. @- p" H) w
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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% @9 }, z5 K: O3 JIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted' `& |& _  _) d( p1 D9 w/ C
Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic: j: b# M. g; f& V
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing, b/ a1 l% I" Z+ T5 T5 G, v) p
collapsed."
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, ^3 k5 v. w0 WNOW That's how it's done, Folks!3 o2 P  Z1 I/ m% Q8 @; ^" R/ M2 n
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