[HPforGrownups] Timeline Question

[The Fox]

No: HPFGUIDX 55751

From: "ladilyndi" <ladilyndi at yahoo.com>

>I don't remember reading anything that says Charlie was in his last year of 
>Hogwarts when Gryffindor won the Cup, only that he was Seeker, which he 
>could have been for six years.

SS ch. 9 "The Midnight Duel" (US hardcover edition, p. 153):  '"I tell you, 
we're going to win that Quidditch cup for sure this year," said Fred.  "We 
haven't won since Charlie left, but this year's team is going to be 
brilliant. ..."'

As well, in PoA it's been seven years since Gryffindor won the cup.  So.  As 
of Ron's third year, it's been seven years since Charlie left.  This makes 
Charlie eleven years older than Ron -- if you figure the first year Charlie 
was gone would have been his eighth year, then the fifth year he was gone 
would have been his twelfth year; this corresponds to Ron's first year, for 
a difference of eleven years.  Piece of cake.  In short:  Charlie was born 
in 1969.  :-)

>My question is why Bill isn't a focus for the timeline based on what Ginny 
>Weasley says in Cos.  On p. 238 (UK) Ginny states that she has looked 
>forward to coming to Hogwarts ever since Bill came.  That implies Ginny was 
>old enough to know that Bill was going to Hogwarts but Charlie had not yet 
>started Hogwarts.  This would mean that the earliest Bill could have 
>started Hogwarts was in 1982 as I wouldn't think Ginny would remember Bill 
>going before she was at least 1 year old.  Based on that, Bill would have 
>been born no earlier than 1971.  Of course, that puts Charlie being born in 
>1972 at the earliest, at least five years later than timelines show.

Charlie cannot have been born later than 1969, so this interpretation of 
Ginny's line cannot be correct.  For "ever since B-Bill came" we must read 
"ever since Bill was here".

Bill has to be older than Charlie, so he can't have been born later than 
1968; Ginny was born in 1981, so (you're right) I don't think she can be 
expected to remember Bill being at school before about 1983; Bill must 
therefore have left Hogwarts, i.e. been 18 years of age (or thereabouts)  no 
earlier than 1983; so Bill can't have been born any earlier than 1965.

Fox

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