Biography:André Savoie

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André Savoie


     
 Given name:     André
 Middle name:     "à Toto"
 Family name:     Savoie
 Place of birth:     Shippagen, New Brunswick
 Place of death:     Shippagen, New Brunswick
 Year of birth:     1941
 Year of death:     2019
 Profile:     Musician
 Source of information:     http://kith-folk-rzrg.squarespace.com
     

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.