MY GREAT GRANDFATHER LEFT BREMEN IN JULY 1853 AND ARRIVED NEW YORK CITY IN DEC. 1853. GOT ON BOAT AS A SINGLE PERSON AND GOT OFF WITH A WIFE.. WHY 5 MONTHS TO CROSS ATLANTIC AND WHERE DID HE GET THE WIFE. I HAVE THE MANIFEST. WITH BOAT NAME AND NAME OF CAPTAIN.. VERY PERPLEXING. THE WIFES MAIDEN NAME WAS SPELLED LANCROFT WHICH I DON'T THINK IS GERMAN.COULD THE BOAT HAVE STOPPED IN ENGLAND AND IS LANCROFT AN ENGLISH NAME? SINCE THE AVERAGE PASSAGE WAS ABOUT 6 WEEKS BACK THEN , THE STOPOVER WAS QUITE EXTENDED, WAS THIS NORMAL THEN? HOW TO FIND OUT?