Rue Family Collection

Title

Subject

Rue family

Description

Henry and Harriet Rue and their adult sons Charles and Fred relocated from Michigan to Stuart in 1924. They purchased the Butter Kist Shoppe on Flagler Avenue, next door to the Feroe Building, and renamed it Rue's Sweet Shop, which continued operating until 1944. The building was demolished in the 1980s and in 2024 it is a gated courtyard garden.

Their sons, Frederick E. Rue (1899-1967) and Charles Henry Rue (1897-1968) settled in Stuart. Charles' daughter Lois Evelyn Root Rue (1898-1981) and her husband Roy Ernest Luckhardt (1921-1984) are significantly represented in the collection.

Source

Digital image gift of Stuart Heritage Museum; donation of Alice Luckhardt.

Contributor

Stuart Heritage Museum

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

2024.043

Collection Items

Henry Clay Rue, c. 1909

Henry and Harriet Rue and their adult sons Charles and Fred relocated from Michigan to Stuart in 1924. They purchased the Butter Kist Shoppe on Flagler Avenue, next door to the Feroe Building, and renamed it Rue's Sweet Shop, which continued operating until 1944. The building was demolished in the 1980s and in 2024 it is a gated courtyard garden.
Charles Henry Rue, c. 1917

Charles H. Rue and his father moved to Stuart in 1924 and purchased Rue's Sweet Shop. He worked as manager or salesman for several businesses through the years including Texaco, Pontiac, Firestone, Luckhardt Construction, and the Stuart News. He was also an experienced carpenter, and designed and constructed a watchtower at Hobe Sound beach during WWII. He also served on the Martin County School Board in the 1930s.
Lois Evelyn Root Rue, c. 1917

Lois moved to Stuart from Michigan in 1925 with her two daughters, Leila and Leona, shortly after her husband Charles H. Rue and his father had opened Rue's Sweet Shop. She was active in the PTA and the Eastern Star and was a co-founder of the local chapter of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls.
Rue girls in a car, 1925

Leila and Leona Rue smile out the back window of a car.

Tags Automobiles, Children
Rue girls family in a fruit grove, 1925

Leona and Leila Rue with their father in a fruit grove.

Tags Children, Fruit trees
Rue family on beach, 1925

Charles Rue, his wife's mother Adaline Smith Root (1869-1941), daughter Leila, wife Lois, and daughter Leona on a beach.

Tags Beaches, Children
Hattie Rue, 1926

Harriet McVey Rue (1861-1957) holding a tomato or piece of fruit in a pineapple field.

Tags Pineapple plantations
Stuart band in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Stuart Band in the 1926 parade. Charles H. Rue was significant in organizing the Stuart high school and municipal bands. In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade.

Tags Bands, Musical instruments, Parades & processions, Uniforms
Charles and Fred Rue in band uniforms, 1927

Charles and Fred Rue in band uniforms and holding a saxophone and a sousaphone.

Tags Bands, Musical instruments, Parades & processions, Uniforms
Rue house, 1928

Small house of the Rue family.

Tags Dwellings

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