Before

1880 | Alexander is born and, despite being the second son, seems to have his father's favor almost instantly.

1884 | George leaves for Hogwarts one very sad morning. Alexander probably would be sad about it for much longer if his parents didn’t dote on and distract him so much. Still, he'd much rather George stay at home.

1887 | His first sign of magic comes when he stumbles into the path of a horse and carriage. Just when it seemed he was going to be trampled, he found himself zipped back to the safety of the sidewalk.

After

1891 | He and George leave London and are sent to live at an orphanage. He doesn’t want to talk about why and isn't afraid to fight anyone who tries to press him about it. He hated the orphanage to start with but it gets even worse when George goes back to Hogwarts and he's left to be an orphan on his own. In his brother's absence Alexander has taken to acting out and sneaking out to run around Hogsmeade whenever he can manage.