The ancestral home of the Schneider family is in the German state of Bavaria. The name Schneider is an occupational hereditary surname, a type of surname that was taken from a word describing or common to the profession of the original bearer. It is a name for a person who worked as a tailor.
The first mechanically-propelled, two-wheeled vehicle may have been built by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, in 1839, although the claim is often disputed.
Right: Gottllieb Daimler's 1885 Motorcycle. American, Sylvester Howard Roper (1823-1896) invented a two-cylinder, steam-engine motorcycle (powered by coal) in 1867. If you allow your description of a motorcycle to include a steam engine, then Howard Roper could be considered the inventor of the motorcycle.Howard Roper also invented a steam engine car. German, Gottlieb Daimler invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which was an engine attached to a wooden bike.That marked the moment in history when the dual development of a viable gas-powered engine and the modern bicycle collided.f you allow your description of a motorcycle to include a steam engine, then Howard Roper could be considered the inventor of the motorcycle. Howard Roper also invented a steam engine car. German, Gottlieb Daimler invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which was an engine attached to a wooden bike.