Molly & Arthur's ages

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 55681

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> 
wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Looking at the dates provided by the Lexicon, I conclude that
> > Molly left Hogwarts before Hagrid was hired as groundskeeper.  
> Here is why:
> > 
> 
> <snip, because all the dates work very well in Bill's well-written 
timeline>
> 
> > 
> > So, Molly left Hogwarts by 1964 at the latest, while Hagrid was
> > hired by Dumbledore sometime in the late 1960s, so Molly would 
> > have only known Ogg as groundskeeper.  This is corroborated in 
> > Molly's stories about Ogg, which never mention Hagrid.
> > 
> > Bill

> 
> I'm sold. Molly and Arthur probably never knew Hagrid, who was 
> thrown out of Hogwarts in 1942-43, until the late 1970s  when Bill 
> and Charlie started attending. Even then, they might have just heard 
of him for several years from Bill and Charlie's school stories.
> 
> This best a fantastic question though. What was Hagrid doing from 
> the mid 1940s until the late 1960s? 
>
> ...edited...
>
> Darrin

bboy_mn:

What was Hagrid doing?????

He was working at Hogwarts. You are certainly entitled to your 
opinion, but I think you will find a majority of people believe that 
upon being expelled, Hagrid worked as gamekeeper-in-training until he 
recieved the appointment full time. 

Remember Hagrid was only 13 years old with (apparently) no family to 
go to which is why Dumbledore convinced Headmaster Dippet to keep 
Hagrid at Hogwarts.

I wish I could find a reference to that for you, but I'm not at home 
now and don't have my books with me.

Again, you have analysed this an arrived at an opinion that suits you, 
but I don't see anyway that Molly and Arthur could not know Hagrid 
unless they were in school before him. That makes them older than 
Hagrid who in now in his mid 60's.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn