Is it possible that your widowed or divorced ancestor reverted to a previous surname after they were no longer married? That’s what Gesche Fecht did on this 1887 arrival in Baltimore. Despite having survived two husbands she is listed with her maiden surname of Fecht on the manifest. 
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I found a deed in which my ancestor was named using her late second husband’s surname, but signed using her first husband’s surname.
My maternal great grandmother is listed under her maiden name on her marriage license to her second husband. That can be confusing indeed.