Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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" O# u9 ]' }3 k# K6 R% DRemus Rudd
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; Q7 X: }$ b, t4 z& h  F- NNo 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.

' t+ O3 x, T+ h7 SJudy 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
6 e) C% L; T& {6 j- R7 P) qhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
+ g  F- T5 c/ r# ^3 G' M. }Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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# I1 f# {1 j: t9 E5 i& rThe 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
inscription:

" V: s  _- S2 d* t'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.

( `4 J' u9 ?0 @* CCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
+ {4 E& O" _3 [4 itheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:
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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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( L& b$ h8 W: o4 t$ t8 Y9 d5 [/ {Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
8 D# _4 a8 o& k7 O/ D1 E" Hservice, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

/ O" r/ T  p3 `* w; lIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
) `+ `' X/ o9 N$ H  X) m0 Z: xPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
# l( n3 \3 O- T+ ]: ~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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