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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle6 l/ m9 L7 p( W8 I
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Remus Rudd : R. q- f7 `; [" e4 u$ i2 Q9 V
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No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and$ k' V7 n/ H ?$ S
VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.$ ~: s+ k4 I, f
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Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was) I; p/ f1 o3 q0 H3 {, V& u7 S
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
& \2 ]2 _% ~2 `% SPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was% Q! A2 E, }9 ]& Y9 D
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both/ B, n, j( K" q2 ?, y
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.7 s& D: ]/ D( U
* l/ z* I4 l: ^* i+ X- _, mThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
; t* y+ N4 u, z" e" Cthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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2 j- S" C( P" K. e" t/ r5 U( w'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped- y8 R7 K% I7 w& V
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.# h- ^; I: n+ w/ O; p7 V
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Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'6 r j4 v: `$ t" b6 P# y$ K( d _ {
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So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
* M6 k3 F- I, v* E2 mtheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.) i/ c/ o" H" |# Z y7 r
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Believe 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$ T9 U, R5 R( {( H k; H5 B$ C, y
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian; G2 ]* V- `1 u: ~
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways../ m7 J8 ^% n# Z
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- [ {8 A2 r* C/ B) F/ |Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
& U p) U( X2 f% S* gservice, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.- A/ M" R6 ]3 W( E$ t5 r% \# `/ Q- Z
: v' S, x1 l+ J; _. y4 kIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted$ x% t3 ~3 \2 ~4 d0 F) ~+ O8 t: o6 [$ G( W
Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
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/ F/ ], ?: I+ S+ o; V nNOW That's how it's done, Folks!: f2 ~. R& P+ j+ Z
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