Burning (no, not a pun) Weasley Questions (kinda long)

[absinthe at mad.scientist.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 10843

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Tanith <tanith at r...> wrote:
 
> There are quite a few questions about the ages of Arthur and Molly 
though 
> (or at least Molly) In GoF she is curious about the whomping willow 
since 
> it planted after she left school. Which means that she left before 
James 
> and Lilly attended Hogwarts [PoA]. She also fondly recalls the 
gamekeeper 
> Ogg which would mean she attended Hogwarts before Hagrid was 
expelled [CoS] 
> which was more than 50 years ago [CoS].
> 
> Given the life span of wizards, Molly could be considerably older 
than we 
> think and there could be quite a large age gap between Bill and 
Charlie...
> 
> Just some thoughts ;) I'm just as confuzzled as you!

Or Hagrid could have been an Assistant Gamekeeper during Ogg's time. 
Hagrid was 13 or 14 when he was expelled. Dumbledore, by Hagrid's 
admission, lobbied to keep him on as Gamekeeper. Though Dumbledore has 
great confidence in Hagrid, I don't think he was confident enough to 
let Hagrid be Gamekeeper without proper training. 

Milz