I can't do the math!

[huntergreen_3]

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Doug Pratt wrote:
>>Let me see if I have this right. Tom Riddle and Hagrid were in 
school together, although not necessarily the same year. Hagrid gets 
expelled and Dumbledore persuades Dippet to train him as gamekeeper.<<

Rebecca:
I believe Tom Riddle was in his sixth year when Hagrid was in his 
third, so they are very close in age. 

Doug:
>> Malfoy, Arthur Weasley and Molly Soon-to-be-Weasley were in school 
at around the same time. Molly tells stories about Ogg, the 
gamekeeper before Hagrid, to Harry when she visits him at school. 
Maybe Hagrid was Ogg's assistant while Malfoy, the Weasleys and the 
Marauders were in school? <<

Rebecca:
The Weasley parents were probably *not* in school the same time as 
the mauraders, unless Arthur and Molly were already having kids 
before they graduated. I think you're right about Hagrid being an 
assistant to Ogg when Molly and Arthur were in school. Ogg may or may 
not have left before James et al came to Hogwarts (we do know that 
Hagrid knew them well enough and was quite fond of them).

Doug:
>>Has anyone tried to diagram this out or make a timeline? It's beyond
my poor little mind...<<

Rebecca:
I think the Lexicon might help you out here.
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/timelines/main/timeline_1970-1990.html

If you exclude the Weasley parents from being the same age as Harrys 
parents then it makes a lot more sense.