Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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4 f' v0 A' v5 U+ |Remus Rudd

0 G4 g2 z0 Y; i7 G$ ]6 }' o2 J/ lNo matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
) l& |* p2 m, e, ]VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.

Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
# X: s3 c9 x' ?3 qhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
9 I  N% a+ o/ _6 h7 R) BJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

/ h5 O7 |( m/ ]( p9 dThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
8 k" P4 l; e  u# Gthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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5 w' t* |! O7 Y. u8 Q- ?'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
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* G5 K& m6 l3 m2 R$ ^. eCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

; i4 g/ F, q8 I% Q0 Y# xSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

8 |5 B1 e$ m/ @+ i7 r8 Y  ?Believe 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
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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1 h+ p  q* }8 ~0 {- vBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.
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In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
. e2 [  a8 H, Z0 kPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
3 c7 R7 [; \+ c( w8 w2 Pfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."

2 T  S2 X' b1 R$ DNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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