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.
Henry Ford was an innovative businessman who, like many company owners, saw a need and wanted to fill that need. The Ford motor company grew out of Ford's own inventiveness. In 1896, Ford invented the Quadricycle, the first horseless carriage that he produced.