Lifespans?... Molly and Hagrid

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 131624

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "madorganization" <alishak at s...>
wrote:
 
> Alisha:
> I'm curious as to what makes you place Molly between Hagrid and 
> McGonagall.  I've always seen her as younger than Hagrid.  Could you 
> clarify your reasoning for that?


bboyminn:

Hagrid was 13 fifty years ago when the Chamber was opened. That makes
him 63 during 'Chamber of Secrets'. 

Again in CoS, Molly comments on OG the Gamekeeper before Hagrid. That
makes it appear as if Molly was in school before Hagrid; although, it
is possible that their Hogwarts careers overlapped; though, Molly
gives no indication that she is aware of the previous Chamber opening
or the trouble that occurred then, and no indication that she was
aware of Hagrid's involvement. So, I am guessing that Molly is older
than Hagrid. Molly seems to know who McGonagall is, but gives no sense
of familiarity that you would expect if they had gone to school
together. So Hagrid is 63 in CoS, we can assume that McGonagall is 71
in CoS. That puts my guess at Molly's age at about 68. That puts a
substantial gap between her and Hagrid, and a smaller but significant
gap between her and McGonagall. 

That makes Molly's equivalent muggle age ((68-18)/2)+18)= 43. That
still leaves her plenty young to have had Ginny 12 years previous at
normal wizard's age 56, and muggle equivalent age 37.

This varies slightly from my previous post, but back there, I was just
guessing.

Steve/bboyminn