Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
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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
+ y3 D( N, N2 M3 M; Z( O1 v8 O! IPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
' o  J' }/ Q- C4 Lhanged 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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7 ]( X& C# x' w6 D% j7 K' kOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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+ T5 M1 j- |4 V+ \& gCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
+ q! k' Q/ I9 [  G. p% wtheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

/ |# k$ d2 q' B- O9 bBelieve 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
5 Z! \5 s% F. B7 I! @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.

- k1 J6 `1 F) Z7 u5 yIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
  z/ t) ?3 O0 }, o, b- vPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
2 {, h* i% k* }$ [7 r1 y6 {/ _function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."

NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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