Background
Trevelyan was born on May 4, 1882, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Trevelyan was born on May 4, 1882, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He received his education at Winnipeg High School. He finished McGill University. He had a degree of Bachelor of Science.
First, he worked as a sanitation expert with Union Contracting Company in Vancouver. He arrived in China in 1913. He was employed as clerk of works and supervisor of modern methods of sanitation pertaining to adoption of revised methods in dealing with sewage question of Greater Shanghai. He also worked as a special police constable at Municipal Police.
He was married.