Biography:André Savoie

Biographical notes
 ANDRÉ ("À TOTO") SAVOIE (1941-2019, Shippagen, New Brunswick). The appellation "à Toto", "of Toto" refers to his father's nickname, Toto, received when he would help his own father (André's grandfather) who was a carpenter. As toddler's will, he styled himself as his father's work assistant, and when a hammer was requested by the workman, he would fetch it crying "toto, toto, toto", his way of saying the French word marteau, or 'hammer'. The name stuck, and was bestowed on André in much the same way O'... and Mac...refer to the patronymics of Gaelic cultures.