Timeline of Ages

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 4721

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Malabud <Malabud at e...> wrote:

> Cool list!

Thank you. 

> A seventh-year student may correspond to a senior in high school, 
> but it's not the same thing.

That's what Tim said, but I explained to him that I wanted to use the 
same wording for me as for them, and I couldn't refer to my "seventh" 
year. As it happens, I turned 16 in November of my senior year of 
high school, and turned 17 in November of my freshman year of 
college, and all the other fresh(wo)men in my dorm were amazed that 
my mother had let me leave home (to a supervised dorm! Safer than 
home! Except for the fire hazard...) when I was "only 16". 

> despite the few-babies-born-during-the-Voldemort-years theory.
> 	>1981-2  Ginny is born; Voldemort's reign of TERROR ENDS
> 	>1980-1  Ron is born
> 	>1979-80 
> 	>1978-9  Fred and George are born; Charlie's first year
>       >1977-8
> 	>1976-7  Percy is born; Bill's first year
> 	>1971-2  V's reign of TERROR BEGINS
> It just doesn't make sense, Voldemort or no. Mrs. Weasley is a 
> strong woman and obviously chose to have seven children. She isn't
> the type to stop having kids because  of a dark wizard.

I believe that there is a big gap between Charlie and Percy. This 
belief DOES NOT depend on believing that Arthur and Molly postponed 
childbearing while dealing with the Voldemort emergency. ON THE 
CONTRARY, on my timeline, after having Bill and Charlie BEFORE the 
Vold years, they had ALL THE OTHERS *DURING* THE VOLD YEARS. In fact, 
I speculated that they DECIDED to have the others specifically 
BECAUSE they were fighting a (big-time) dark wizard.