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A Mennonite family name, Driedger was found in the rural [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] congregations of [[West Prussia|West Prussia]], numbering 7 families in 1776 and 105 persons in 1935. Members of the family immigrated to [[Russia|Russia]] and subsequently to [[North America|North America]]. Jacob N. Driediger and Nic. N. Driediger were General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM) ministers in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]. Among those bearing the family name were Peter Driedger (1831-1921), minister of the [[Heubuden (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Heubuden congregation]], main editor of a two-volume collection of sermons, and originator of the Heubuden church library; and Abraham Driedger (1868-1945), son of the former, influential in conference activities and promoter of [[Music, Church (1956)|church music]] and historical research. Abraham Driedger revised the West Prussian <em>Choralbuch </em>for its second edition, and wrote "Die Entwicklung des Gemeindegesanges in unseren westpreussischen Gemeinden" in the <em>[[Mennonitische Blätter (Periodical)|Mennonitische Blätter]]</em>. He also contributed a number of articles to the <em>[[Mennonitisches Lexikon|Mennonitisches Lexikon]]</em>, including the article on [[Heubuden (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Heubuden]].
= Bibliography =
Reimer, G.H. "Beiträge zur Stammtafel der Familie Driedger," in <em class="gameo_bibliography">Schriftenreihe des Menn. Geschichtsvereins. </em>Weierhof III, 121-32.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitische Blätter. </em>Hamburg, 1931: 30-32.
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