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From 1950's Boal Museum booklet:
Pierre Boal married a French girl, Jeanne de Menthon, whose
father inherited the family castle on the Lake of Annecy, built
about a thousand years ago by his Savoyard forebears. In this
castle lived his ancestor St. Bernard of Menthon, who founded the
hospices on the Alpine passes of Switzerland, where the Saint
Bernard dogs, carrying their little casks of spirits tied to
their collars, for centuries succored travelers floundering in
the snows. As Jeanne's father had no sons, the castle passed to
his brother and is now owned by Francois de Menthon, sometime
President of the European Assembly and distinguished French
statesman. By his marriage to Jeanne de Menthon, Pierre Boal's
children and grand-children are thus linked to the tradition of
yet another saint.
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