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Nedenstående historie er modtaget fra vores flittige medlem
Ove Kühn. Den fortæller lidt om forskellen på genealogi og mytologi.
Historien er desværre på engelsk.
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Judy
Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern
California, was doing some
personal work on her own family tree.
She
discovered that Senator Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged
for horse stealing
and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share
this ancestor.
The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows in Montana
territory.
On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is
this inscription:
“Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times.
Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889”'
So Judy recently e-mailed Senator Harry Reid for information about
their great-great uncle.
Believe it or not, Harry Reid's staff sent back the following
biographical sketch for her genealogy research:
“Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory.
His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets
and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad.
Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service,
finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad.
In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned
Pinkerton Detective Agency.
In 1889 Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his
honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.”
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