Rosier, Rookwood, Snape's gang of Slytherins

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 144654

> 
> Elyse again: Hmm...that would be the logical solution wouldnt it?
> But its still very confusing. As I say, at the time of Voldemort's 
> interview with Dumbledore, Snape was eighteen years into the future.
> At this point LV was around 35, so Rosier, Avery, etc, must have 
> been roughly the same age (at least Avery since hes in Sluggy's 
> office in the Horcruxes memory).
> 

Potioncat:
Well, if you look at Harry's gang in OoP, you have the twins in 7th 
year, the Trio in 5th and Ginny and Luna in 4th. If you consider 
Harry's gang to be the Quidditch team, you have an even wider age 
range.

We were told that Riddle wasn't the oldest of the boys in Slughorn's 
office, although I've forgotten what year he was in at the time. 
Riddle 
graduated around 1945. The Marauders' generation will be born in 
59/60 
so Snape's gang could have been born between oh, 55--65, or even 
wider, 
depending on how long the "gang" existed. 1955 is about the time 
Voldemort applied for the DADA job with DD.

I think there was plenty of time for Riddle's generation to marry and 
have kids. In fact, that's usually what happens. A bunch of friends 
graduates, marry within a few years of each other, have kids about 
the 
same time, some a little sooner, some a little later. So while the 
DEs 
were sitting in the pub waiting for LV, their wives were home 
changing 
nappies and complaining that their husbands spend too much time with 
What's-His-Name.

Also, we have four DEs who did have kids the same year: Nott, Malfoy, 
Crabbe and Goyle. Interestingly enough, Nott is Riddle's age. I think 
this was JKR's way of showing us the generations of DEs. Keeping in 
mind the older ones are still involved. Also, remember, McGonagall, 
Hagrid and Riddle overlapped their time at Hogwarts.