Weasley ages (was:Re: How Old Are Snape/Sirius/Lupin/James/Peter?)

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 76192

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" <zanelupin at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > However in PoA, it said that Gryffindore hadn't won the quidditch 
> > cup since Chalie left and that they hadn't won in seven years.  
It 
> > seemed to imply that Charlie's seventh year was the last ime they 
> > won.  That would put Charlie seven years older than Percy so bill 
> > would be at least 13 years older than Ginny.

But the reference in PoA is that they won the Quiddich Cup when 
Charlie was there - the 7 years refers to the House Cup - they could 
have won the Quiddich Cup without winning the House Cup, meaning 
Charlie could have been as little as 7 years older the HRH, and 3 
years older than Percy.  So we have a range of ages for them without 
being inconsistant.

> Since I just spent the last half hour looking for this, I thought 
I'd 
> just go ahead and throw in a page number for the reference about 
> Ginny and Bill.  In CoS, when she wakes up after Harry destroys the 
> diary she says, "I've looked forward to coming to Hogwarts ever 
since 
> B-Bill came" (p 323, US Paperback).  This could refer to any time 
> that Bill was at Hogwarts, I believe.
> 
> KathyK

Thanks Kathy!  I knew I'd read it.

This suggests the Bill was no older than 17 (7th year) when Ginny was 
probably 2 or 3 - making him up to 14 years older than her, 13 years 
older than HRH.  This gives Charlie a range of 7-12 years older than 
HRH.  If Bill was last at Hogwarts as a student (5 years before GOF) 
that would put him 8 years older than HRH and Charlie 7 years older.

It would be nice to know, but I'm not sure it woudl really tell us 
anything anyway.

Melinda