Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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+ ?1 P8 ^9 l6 ]% B7 @7 q8 aNo 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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9 G/ H) _& g, d% _( CJudy 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
* w9 y! e+ M: Ahanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
7 O% q4 \* j! ]4 M% VJudy 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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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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* M7 U: x+ O& M& A" |'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
4 S1 X! |* ?- ~2 M& t9 O1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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) g+ A" B# e# ^/ nCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

4 Q6 N+ w( I5 f! ~5 X  aSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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# M, u! N- m' W  O/ xBelieve 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
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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4 V( `3 S. N( F3 U. `: Y9 j! h; ~Beginning 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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* }' X* c  d. ?6 {; t7 }, rIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
5 s7 P0 X0 ]6 F( OPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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