Thread:LilyLacreag/@comment-3499220-20190727030347/@comment-4934571-20190728123039

Hi! I am not really sure myself. I think the year 1887 was added by one of our users because they had found this information on the official Sullivan Entertainment website. However, there are many inconsistencies within the SE timeline.

AoGG: The Sequel is set in 1902 – as mentioned in the newspaper article about the Mary, Queen of Scots production. At that time, Anne was 18. It means she was born in 1884 and came to Green Gables in 1897 when she was 13. Anne and Gilbert get engaged the following year (1903).

The year 1903 is generally believed to be the starting point of Road to Avonlea series. There are some mentions of Marilla visiting Anne and her newborn baby. This makes perfect sense when we consider Anne and Gilbert's recent engagement. Marilla dies in Season 3, which takes place in 1905 or 1906.

However, AoGG: The Continuing Story starts in 1915, claiming it takes place 5 years after AoGG: The Sequel. During that time, Anne was supposedly engaged to Gilbert and worked as a teacher in the Hopetown Asylum. The year of their engagament is changed to 1910 and her birth year would be 1891/92. In this timeline, Gilbert's birth year as written on his tombstone (1890) would also make sense.

Moreover, the new timeline ignores the existence of Road to Avonlea and the canon introduced in its episodes – Anne's baby, Marilla's death or the fact that RtA ends a year or two before WW1 and covers approximately 10 years of life in Avonlea. If Anne had been engaged in 1910, she would have gone to school with the King children and been taught by Hetty King, instead of Mr. Phillips and Miss Stacy.

In conclusion, I don't know. The year 1887 is obviously not correct and 1890 works only in the timeline used in Anne 3 and 4.