James's age / Molly's Age

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 173814

---  "jenanydot" <Jenanydot at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > Molly's apparent age is established in GoF. She is
> > likely slightly older than Hagrid and likely 
> > slightly younger than McGonagall. That makes he at 
> > or near 70 through most of the series. The Marauders
> > through most of the books are in their 30's. 
> > 
> > Molly was at school before Hagrid started working 
> > there, which was over 50 years ago. She remembers 
> > the previous Game Keeper. 
> > 
> > Molly and Arthur likely started having kids later
> > in life relative to most muggles considering that 
> > they are in their 70's and their oldest son seems 
> > to be 30's at most. 
> > 
> > Just passing it along.
> > 
> > Steve/bboyminn
> >
>

> ~Mandy: 
> 
> I've read this theory before, and it's something I've
> just never bought into. The only evidence that we have
> that Molly and Arthur are that much older than the 
> Marauders is one comment that Molly makes when she 
> says she remembers the previous gamekeeper at Hogwarts,
> Ogg.    
> 
> ...  Also ..., wasn't Hagrid originally an assistant 
> to the gamekeeper? If so, it's very likely that Hagrid 
> AND Ogg were working at Hogwarts.
>  

bboyminn:

On the first point you are wrong. Molly mentions, the
previous Game Keeper, the previous Caretaker, and mentions
the Whomping Willow was planted after she was in school. 

Filch, the Caretaker, has been on the job 25 years. The 
Whomping Willow was planted when Lupin came to school, 
that means Molly was there before Lupin, Snape, the
Marauders, and most likely Malfoy. The Marauders were 
there more than 20 years ago.

As to Hagrid and Ogg, what difference does it make if
Hagrid was Gamekeeper or Assistant Gamekeeper, it still
happened 50 years ago. Hagird is not exactly a pixie;
he is a little hard to miss whether he is stumping 
around the grounds as Gamekeeper or Assistant Gamekeeper.

And how long do you imagine Hagrid would be Assistant? 
...5 years? ...10 years? He seems to have a natural
affinity for animals, I imagine he took to the job
very quickly. 

Since Molly makes no mention of Hagrid, who is very 
hard to miss, it seems reasonable that Hagrid wasn't
there. Even if Hagrid was there, Molly would be a few
years older and about to graduate. 

Perhaps, someone will ask JKR this question and we
can get it straightened out. But ALL indications are
that Molly is roughly the same age as Hagrid and 
McGonagall, and definitely older than the Marauders.

steve/bboyminn