Gaberston Mill  Gaberston Mill was a weaving and spinning mill located in Alloa, Scotland founded by David Fraser Lambert (1805–56) in 1837. Lambert was born in Kirkcaldy and came to Alloa in 1831, after working in the USA. The Lamberts were linked by marriage to the great Clackmannan mill owning families, the Archibalds and Patons (later Thomson-Patons and Forrester-Patons). David Fraser Lambert married Mary Ann Archibald (1808-1876) in 1835. Mary was a daughter of John Archibald (d.1832), a mill owner in nearby Menstrie. Her brothers Andrew, William, Peter and John owned mills in Alva and Keilarsbrae, Alloa. David Lambert’s daughter Graeme Haig Lambert (1836-1905) had married John Thomson Paton of Norwood (1831-1910) in 1863. John Thomson Paton, a wealthy director of Paton’s Mill was the grandson of John Paton (1768-1848) founder of Kilncraigs Mill in Alloa. Paton was a major benefactor to Alloa providing, amongst other buildings, the Swimming Baths and Leisure Centre, (now the Spiers Centre), Town Hall and Library. David Lambert died suddenly aged 51 in 1856 and the Mills ownership later passed to his son James Lambert (1836-1874). In 1859 Lambert was fined £59 when the HM Inspector of Factories had found 59 workers working after 6pm in contravention of the Act. Robert Ramage, who worked at Gaberston from 1848 to 1858 was an early foreman and manager, with other foreman including John Forfar, foreman weaver William Thomson, foreman tuner Ebenezer Marshall and foreman powerloom weaver Archibald Robertson. Alexander Nicol appears to have been the Manager from 1858 until 1870 when he moved with foreman weaver William Thomson to Devonmills. At this point Andrew Robb (1825-1900), a foreman since at least 1859, became Manager. Other staff included watchman James Stein. When David Bremner collated his survey of the Industries of Scotland in 1869, it had five sets of carding engines and employed around 300 people. In late 1873 James Lambert passed the mill business to his mother Mary Ann Lambert, due to poor health.