The gap in the Weasley family

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 1668

In Book 4, Bill says it's been 5 years since he was at Hogwarts. So 
in Book 4, Bill was at least 23 years old (IF the last time he was at 
Hogwarts was when he was a student)

In Book 3, it was the first time in 7 years that Gryffindor won the 
House Quidditch Cup. So it would have been Bill Weasley would have 
been at least in 4th year at Hogwarts. Since Harry is the youngest 
Quidditch player in 100 years (according to book 1), Charlie Weasley 
had to be at the very least a 2nd year when they won the Quidditch 
Cup. Therefore, Charlie Weasley is at least 2 years younger than Bill.

So the Weasley ages as of Book 4 are
Bill = 23 years old
Charlie = at least 21 years old
Percy =18 to 19 years old
The Twins= 16-17 years old
Ron= 14 years old
Ginny= 13 years old

:-) 
--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Heather Edmonds" <Heather at h...> 
wrote:
> Having been lurking for a long time I am emerging from my corner of 
the UK
> to ask for help with something that is puzzling me. I have worked on
> creating a timeline using the books, Steve Bates lexicon etc for 
the Weasley
> family. According to my amateur calculations based on Charlie 
Weasley being
> 18 when he left school and that being the year Gryffyndor won the 
Quidditch
> Championship.IIRC (I've lent my copy - stupid) it says in HP & PS 
circa 1991
> it has been seven years since Gryffyndor has won. Therefore Charlie 
Weasley
> must have been born in 1966, with Bill sometime previously. The 
next Weasley
> is Percy who if he left Hogwarts at 18 in PoA 1994 must have been 
born 1976.
> 
> Why the ten year gap in the Weasley family? Were Arthur & Molly 
estranged
> (unlikely IMHO)? Was Arthur away on Ministry business? Did it just 
not
> happen, then Percy was a miracle baby followed by several more? Did 
they not
> want more children because of the rise of Voldemort although this 
seems
> implausible as Percy, Fred, George and Ron would have been born 
before his
> fall.
> 
> I am puzzled. Please help put me out of my misery so I can 
concentrate on
> studying for my PGCE which is what I should be doing now. I'm 
teacher
> training and love the work in the classroom but I'm not so keen on 
the
> theory, however necessary.
> 
> Heather