Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
6 x$ S: [% N/ H) W9 p" z7 t0 S( LRemus Rudd

No 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.

Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
  L& f# o( W1 e& G! {2 _doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
& M) F( D# ]. B5 Changed for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

4 B. c3 U  ?0 \! D+ [2 T7 ^3 xThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
" k. E. z/ h2 E. g  Bthe Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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9 j6 v- [5 M1 B* K8 c( D'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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+ i6 ]6 @  i. SCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

) @: }- k, k. @, @$ F& s3 FSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
- }/ u" M; h& ^their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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; t0 @0 ?* Y; v! Y$ R( X6 tBelieve 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
0 b6 v- u& T9 i" bbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
1 G  p$ G# E, C6 M' ^9 Sassets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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% ]( s% J8 J0 c: R8 C5 s3 q! [# lBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

) T4 g; u# V' b" L, _( O0 MIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
: m+ W4 [% h" y$ }7 M+ s; B& `; UPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
' K; Z1 u3 j; V' X+ l" pcollapsed."
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3 b. T% s3 i/ T/ |) ^& \NOW That's how it's done, Folks!