Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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Remus Rudd

No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
1 J9 F& ]& F6 F/ Z- `VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.

" y: h6 X3 m+ qJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
: E% ^3 a0 o+ a' sdoing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
+ R0 l; i% Q0 _! ^# N0 Q' Xhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
1 F1 T- U& e1 s3 L* U' iJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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% l  d. g7 r' U+ U3 U) p0 c! QThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
: D$ ]8 n- P7 ~0 `: G3 a; D0 a0 h, jthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.


On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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0 p8 B# _% @7 @$ A' h1 R1 e, u/ x0 p'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.

/ |% k3 I/ S& U) N/ T, E) P- _  f8 qCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

# L3 @: F+ o0 q1 }So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

: U+ N7 l# S' u, ^Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
* R, A! y; ^7 l+ B, V- ~, tsketch for her genealogy research:
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! `" |0 y% E' O"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
7 w8 N: c! s" r7 z6 W  pbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..

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Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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0 v/ o! q/ ?6 v- ~' GIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
% |, H7 W  O9 ~; J7 T5 D* MPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
( Y3 I( `3 s0 i& s' \  I) }function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
# l" w4 k( \  q/ N+ i! \. u  tcollapsed."
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!