I just yesterday learned my great grandfather's actual name: Charles C. Erichson. He changed the surname to Holmes after immigrating to the US in 1860. The records we have say he was born in 1842 in Copenhagen and his parents were also born in Denmark. (Our N haplogroup would indicate origins much further north, but who knows when they migrated!) Is my understanding correct that given the ear (1840s) his father might have had the first name Erich =OR= the surname Erichson, and there's really no way to know?
I would very much appreciate any advice on where I might begin looking for birth or emigration records for my ggf. I'm hoping to find if he had any siblings, and by what ship or port he may have emigrated. Thank you!